Olympus 25mm f/1.8 lens review
Focal length for Portraits (Padrone).
Rokinon/Samyang/Wallimex 12mm f/2.8 lens will cost 549 and 649 Euro (Cine and non Cine versions). Source: Photoscala.
40-150mm PRO test at Capacamera.
Olympus 40-150mm test at DSLRmagazine (google translation here):
Panasonic FZ1000 review conclusions at Imaging Resource.
German 9mm Body cap review at Stuffblog.
Micro Four Thirds – The Mature Mirrorless System. Olympus OM-D E-M10 (Soundimagesplus).
Jane Bown selfie with Olympus (TheGuardian)
Mirrorleassons: “Since it has been extremely foggy here in Turin as of late, Mathieu and I decided document the phenomenon one Sunday morning with the Lumix LX100 and Fuji X100t. The result is this gallery. 🙂 Hope you enjoy it! http://www.bestmirrorlesscamerareviews.com/2014/12/22/fog-on-the-river-po-in-turin-a-fujifilm-x100t-panasonic-lumix-lx100-gallery/”
Jan: “My best shot I did this year solely using the Panasonic Lumix GM1 in combination with the Voigtländer f0.95 25mm lens – no rig or whatsoever used. https://vimeo.com/101335718”
Eyal: “If you care for such comparison – I compared my LX100 and my GX7 20mm f/1.7 kit to see who’s sharper. The results are here: http://www.eyalg.com/blog/2014/12/lx100-vs-gx7-sharpness-comparison-test/“
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Padrone site link is not working?
Same here .
Intend to check the right FL for portraits too .
I use from 28mm to 150mm 😉 (basically you can do whatever suits the situation, subject, taste)
Absolutely. There is no ‘right’ FL. I recently used the equivalent of 360mm FL to take a portrait type photo with very pleasing results.
you papparazi!
What 180mm did you use? (Can you post it please? Curious! )
Do you have an @email.it email address?
OM Zuiko 180mm f2
marcosartoriphoto@yahoo.com 😉 That 180mm was my first thought.
PM sent with link. They are cropped a bit.
There is NO single focal length that is Right for all occasions. A close head shot requires a different focal length than a waist-up or full body shot. There is No Magic Portrait lens.
Some people also zoom with their feet. I know, it’s difficult, some other folks cannot even carry a 2lb camera. Some others cannot even get up from their keyboard.
The reviewer’s face looks distorted , don’t think ur supposed to use the 25mm for head and shoulders. Anyway Jan’s video with the Voigtländer looks nice. reminded me of the decision I had to make between 25mm Olympus vs. Panasonic vs. The Voigtländer f0.95.
sometimes the distortion adds a nice touch since it makes a closeup bit more intense. In the past I used 28mm on APS and I loved it. But it depends on the model too who should be able to express the right mood .
You must say same thing with everyone else who you meet? (Your face looks distorted, step back!)
The angle of view of 46 degree is the normal print size AND human visualize size and it is got by using 80mm on Medium Format, 50mm on Small Format or 25mm on m4/3.
Using a normal lens gives you a field of view that doesn’t distort the visual, it is the perfect portrait lens. Then the first wide angle lens focal length (17/35/55mm) gives you a good full body portrait field of view. But if you want to get facial structure and shape removed by minimizing the distance between details, use a short-telephoto lens.
Wrong, you can distort with any focal length if you get close enough. M43 lenses add a lot of their own distortion, but that’s a different matter (for the curious reader: yes, proper systems like Canon or Nikon behave better).
Comparison between LX1000 and GX7 + 20mm with out of the camera jpeg ? Wow, useless.