The reason I took this image is because of the contrast between the red flower and the rest of the image. There's not a lot more to say about it except to say that I hit focus where it was supposed to be focused. I must use these manual lenses more. I think I'm getting out of practice.

Like most of these old lenses they tend to perform better at close range; or in other words when you focus quite close. Although they are classed as a telephoto lens (270mm = 35mm format) I try not to photograph faraway subjects as there really is no point to it especially with haze playing havoc with the atmosphere these days (where I live anyway).

I think this must be my favorite image of the outing. There's enough background separation to blur the background completely. The leaves are sharp where they are supposed to be sharp and the colours do pop. Keep your ISO as low as possible with this camera. I try never to go beyond ISO 800 and it's very rare that I go that high. It's a good weather camera so keep it safe.

I thought I'd post this image since it's going to be the last post about this combination for now. Taken at 150mm. There was haze to be seen and it really shows in the image too. It took some work to get it to look the was it does but if you look carefully at the church, it is quite sharp. I think I should have used a pol filter here, it would have helped a little with the haze. It would have reduced it a bit but not eliminate it altogether.

I thought I would post all the various focal length images I took on this outing. This one is taken at 45mm and in 16:9 format. I like using this format for my wider images, it gives me more of the area that I want to document. Again, the image is sharp and I really can't complain about this lens. It's small and quite light but paired with the G5 you know you have a system in your hands, Some of the smaller cameras (notably the Nex-5N) is really small and I can understand it when people just can't use these system. Put a small Voigtländer prime on the Nex-5N and you won't even notice you're carrying it. The Nex-5N is also really light and I must admit that it is sometimes too light. I like some weight to my systems, I'm able to hold it steadier in my hands.