08/17/13

Panasonic G Vario 14-140 f4.5-8

The mirrorless cameras may hunt in low light and have difficulty in focusing when the light isn't optimal but give them good light and the focusing is solid, very accurate. They may not be for sports photography, but they do everything else pretty well.

I focused here on the nearest eye and had only a couple of seconds to do it and it was spot on. So when someone says that focusing is slow on these cameras, take it with a pinch of salt because it's all relative. I must admit the OM-D is very a fast focusing camera, probably the fastest mirrorless camera out there right now. It could even have been faster if I had a prime on there like the Olympus 45 f1.8 or the 12 f2.

I would rate the Fuji X series on par with the Sony Nex series, and they aren't on the same level as the Olympus and Panasonic models. A bit slower I'd say but I still wouldn't class them as slow. Take a Sigma DP series camera, and see what slow focusing is. They would drive me nuts.

This is the last image for now taken with this combination and I hope it gives you an idea of the type of image you get if you're planning on purchasing either the OM-D or the original Panasonic G Vario f4-5.8.

As a matter of interest the woman in the above photograph is an Olympic Gold Medalist. The horse was simply out of this world, a beautiful creature.

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Focal Length: 87 mm
Aperture: f/8.0
Exposure Time: 1/160 sec
ISO: 320

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08/16/13

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Oversized clothes pegs, made of wood too. See those chains hanging from the bottom? Well they actually had cars hanging from those chains, about 10 of them in a row (one car to a peg of course). I think they were going for some recors or something similar. Just shows you how big they really were.

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Focal Length: 108 mm
Aperture: f/8.0
Exposure Time: 1/800 sec
ISO: 320

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08/15/13

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Same fountain and building as yesterdays post, only in landscape mode. Converted to monochrome in Nik SFXII.

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Focal Length: 14 mm
Aperture: f/8.0
Exposure Time: 1/1000 sec
ISO: 320

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08/14/13

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And another one of these shots. Makes you feel really small.

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Focal Length: 14 mm
Aperture: f/8.0
Exposure Time: 1/1000 sec
ISO: 200

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08/12/13

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I didn't realise there were so many different types of Saxophones. Did you?

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Focal Length: 78 mm
Aperture: f/5.8
Exposure Time: 1/200 sec
ISO: 200

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08/11/13

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Here's a shot of nearly all of the musicians. As you can see they're always moving about and I didn't quite get a shot with all of them in the same frame.

Problematic of all were the photographers that were bouncing around all over the place. And believe me, there were a lot of them. Having seem some statistics on the Internet comparing sales of DSLRs against mirrorless cameras, it seems that the DSLR still rules. DSLRs outsold mirrorless by quite a margin, which really has me puzzled. There isn't a lot in it imagewise and the mirrorless are much smaller making them easier to carry around. Maybe it's the myth that DSLRs are the real thing, a real camera.

One thing I have noticed however, is that the price of mirrorless cameras have risen in the last few months making them more expensive than the DSLR at introduction. This has me really scratching my head too, for it must be cheaper to make a mirrorless camera than a DSLR. Maybe it's the quantity that makes a difference. It could also be that normal people (I'm a bit of a camera geek so I don't class myself as normal in this respect) buy a camera and keep it for a long long time. But that doesn't explain who is buying the new DSLRs. One thing is for certain, the prices of mirrorless cameras has to come down; I believe they the manufacturers are pricing themselves out of the market. Just look at the pricing of the Nex-7 or OM-D and even the new EP-5. Each one is around or over the €1000 mark. Way too expensive in my opinion. I think if they reduced the price they would sell a lot more of them as cash is pretty scarce these days. Not everyone is prepared to spend a €1000 on a camera body.

Personally, I would love to own the new Leica X Vario, but not at that price. The Sony RX1 is a superb camera and I would dearly love to own that one too, but again, not at that price.

I would love to hear your opinion on how the manufacturers could increase their market share.

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E-M5
Focal Length: 75 mm
Aperture: f/5.8
Exposure Time: 1/200 sec
ISO: 200

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This group was always on the move, never standing still. it was pretty hard to get a clear and clean shot of any of them. The two young women at in the front with their backs to me were two sax players and they were having fun. As a matter of fact they all were.

They played for some time with a large crowd gathering around them, and it struck me, how do they manage to remember all those notes. It's probably because I'm tone deaf that I can't imagine how they do it. I'm impressed with such people though.

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Focal Length: 140 mm
Aperture: f/5.8
Exposure Time: 1/125 sec
ISO: 200

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08/07/13

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These musicians were moving all the time and this is where you really see how slow this lens is. The Panasonic 35-100 f2.8 would have been better suited for this type of photography. I was also in the shade with skyscrapers all around me. I took bursts here to be certain that I got one sharp image. I tend to do this quite often. Many believe this to be quite amateurish as it may well be, but then again, I am an amateur. I don't mind going through the images once downloaded to my PC because I really don't have any time pressure. I just delete all those that don't make my standard in the first culling viewing.

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Focal Length: 48 mm
Aperture: f/5.6
Exposure Time: 1/200 sec
ISO: 200

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08/06/13

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The Euro symbol outside the European Central Bank in downtown Frankfurt. The new bank builing is being built not too far away but not directly downtown. Should be ready in 2014 (well, that's what's planned anyway).

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Focal Length: 14 mm
Aperture: f/8.0
Exposure Time: 1/1000 sec
ISO: 200

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There were quite a few imaginative displays during the open day and this was one of them I thought. A crane hoisted these musicians high above the crowds to play their instrumants. There is actually a piano up there on the platform which shows you how big it really was.

The music was pretty good too.

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Focal Length: 32 mm
Aperture: f/8.0
Exposure Time: 1/400 sec
ISO: 200

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