Panasonic 42.5mm F1.7 Review, Video and photo examples
Lightroom 6: First Impressions (Michael Fry).
E-M5II vs GH4 at M43photo.
A “selfie” patent from Panasonic (Freepatentsonline).
An optical viewfinder capable to zoom in (Panasonic on Freepatentsonline).
Panasonic GM1 design patent by Panasonic (Freepatentsonline)
Howard Hurd: “your site led me to buying #LumixGF1 in 2011 – I shot this in the summer of 2012 but only just edited it! vimeo.com/126012517”
Michael: “Hi, you may want to share some use cases of the 2 PRO lenses in a professional situation. http://www.michaelbriggsphotography.com/gallery/langton-house-pre-wedding-photography/. This Pre-Wedding shoot was shot using the EM-1 with the 12-40mm f/2.8 & 40-150mm f/2.8 lenses”
Kevin Luiz: “Proud to release the new thumbnail *Featured On* Edition of Winter Tread. Two big names in our community have picked it up as a feature, who’s next is anyone’s guess! Have you seen Winter Tread yet? Please press *Share* and thanks for your continued support. DJI Global & 43rumors https://vimeo.com/121434814“
10 Responses
The video gives the impression the 42.5/1.7 is really good! I’m looking forward to receiving mine…
I’m not a fan of wedding photographers who use zoom lenses. I think it’s a sign of a lazy wedding photographer. And the m43 zooms are not helping. I’m really not impressed and would be disappointed as a couple. Not sure why you wouldn’t bring a Nocticron or a 75/1.8 to a wedding (or pre-wedding shoot), which is where M43 shines.
Well, wedding photography is the only genre I definitely won’t recommend m3/4. For everything else YES, but not when you need lots DF control and high ISO capability. IBIS won’t help a bit since people care constantly moving around. I would probably fire a photographer on the spot if he or she bring anything less than a FF to my wedding lol. If the photographer doesn’t want pony up on their gear or too lazy to carry a few more lbs, he or she doesn’t worth my $$!
A lot of pro wedding photographers are using mft.
DSLR generally have poor high ISO capability (noise) compared to MFT
A pro DSLR might only have 18Mp and less DR than the top MFT (13EV)
DoF is down to the lens, a pro using a zoom won’t have any better DoF than MFT; they may use primes for the posed shots but the rest of the time will be using a zoom, because guests are wandering about.
Good movie capability is important to ensure they can capture the fight scene.
It’s not about size and weight, it’s about getting the best pictures.
“DSLR generally have poor high ISO capability (noise) compared to MFT”
Are.
You.
SERIOUS?
HAHAHAHA! Wow, I can’t believe you said that! The 43 sensor is the NOISE King! You can get noise at iso 400 in the daytime in some situations!
Y’all really need to stop with the MFT is better than Full Frame. The ONLY advantage M43 really has is SIZE, thats it!
It winds you up – that’s a plus too.
See what a MFT (GH4 and some GH2) can bring to the wedding photo game:
https://vimeo.com/126364463 (and some others at the collection there).
Some tech details:
http://www.personal-view.com/talks/discussion/11777/nebula-4000-lite-mini-gimbal-for-gh4-a7s/p9
I’m sure they were delighted with your work. Thanks for sharing.
Wedding photography. Ugh.
I think there needs to be Divorce Photography. With all the doomed to fail starter marriages blindly entered into by today’s rampant narcissists, it could prove to be quite lucrative!
Re the E-M5ii vs GH4 video comparison: I use both the GH4 and E-M5ii, so – the E-M5ii cannot shoot video for 20 to 30 minutes as per my requirement because it will shut down.
Neither camera is particularly good at continuous focussing during video but best result seems to be if AFC/C-AF is set on at well as ‘continuous focussing’ in the movie menus. My best workaround is to use MF (and the AF-ON function). Using AF-ON (or a half press of the shutter) seems to effect AF quicker than waiting for either camera to respond during video. I have ruined movies where the continuous focus has simply drifted off for no apparently good reason.
I tend to leave stabilisation on when on a tripod because I record rock bands peaking at 135dB which can move furniture about. OIS lenses seem to perform best even on the E-M5ii as the focal length gets long, unless you are shooting whilst bouncing on a trampoline (or running with he camera)
The excellent Lumix 20/F1.7 is not by any means a video lens, it is an architectural stills lens. Its focus is very fine and accurate. It will focus a lot quicker if it has been updated; its focus speed is relative, it does focus quickly compared to other systems. It works very well on Olympus as well as Panasonic.
In addition, the second part of the AF-comparison was done with a sigma 30mm and came to the conclusion: “Even if the GH4 probably has more processing power, and boasts about the
DFD (depth from defocus) technology, it does not consistently beat the
E-M5 II.”
I don’t think that DFD is working with the sigma. A test which allows to talk about DFD should use Pana lenses on the GH4.