Joel, I did not mean to say that the m.4/3 lenses do not perform well, as I
believe they do (just as almost any Olympus lens ever made). I only referred
to the impossibility to make photos with shallow DOF with aperture 6.3 as
maximum at 50mm on a 4/3 sensor. Bokeh can be just as good with those
apertures, but will occur further behind or in front of the focused subject.
Wiliam
-----Original Message-----
From: Joel Wilcox [mailto:jfwilcox@xxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: donderdag 3 mei 2012 2:34
To: Olympus Camera Discussion
Subject: Re: [OM] OM-D EM-5 review at dpreview
I know nothing of the m.4/3 lenses and how they perform, though I thought
the samples looked very good.
The battle for bokeh is somewhat of a lost cause with 4/3 anyway. I can
occasionally get somewhat decent blur from close-focusing the DZ 50-200, or
even the DZ 40-150 (except that it doesn't focus very close).
I think this is decent blur (though the background could be a little more
interesting):
http://jfwilcox.jalbum.net/Wallace%20Garden%20Center%20Orchid%20Show/#_31065
89w.jpg
This has a busier background, but I think the lens does OK:
http://jfwilcox.jalbum.net/Wallace%20Garden%20Center%20Orchid%20Show/#_31066
03w.jpg
(DZ 40-150 in both cases at f5.6 -- essentially wide open or close to.)
I am mainly content if the result is not simply awful. :\
Joel W.
On Wed, May 2, 2012, at 08:24 PM, Wiliam Wagenaar wrote:
> I think I would like the camera too, but I'm not so fond of the lenses.
> F3.5-6.3 for the 12-50mm does not leave much room for shallow DOF on 4/3.
> Mounting the E-system lenses does not do justice to the small body of
> the OM-D.
>
> Just my 2 cents though.
>
> Wiliam
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