Impressive! I am very impressed with the simple images of the notebook.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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From: "Moose" <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Friday, August 03, 2012 6:25 PM
Subject: [OM] [IMGs] M.Zuiko 12-50 Macro
> [Goodness, I do go on. If you just want some images to look at, perhaps
> enjoy, even comment on, the little gallery is
> here.
> <http://galleries.moosemystic.net/MooseFoto/index.php?gallery=Home/OM-D_E-M5_First_Images/M.Zuiko_12-50>
>
> All but
> the second are simply downsized JPEGS, no processing at all.]
>
> So who knew? Oh well, probably someone(s) here.
>
> As I looked deeply into the OM-D, I didn't really look very carefully into
> the 12-50 lens. I fit into my kit plan is
> water/dust sealed, above usual kit lens standards, decent price in the
> kit.
>
> My initial shooting is mostly with the 14-150. At least one of my first
> few shots with the 12-50, of a very familiar
> subject is just, well, different looking. I wonder what that's about, but
> put it off to look into later.
>
> Night before last, after extensive use of the 14-150, I've put the 12-50
> on and have camera at hand. No new dark of
> night subjects suggest themselves, so I idly check out the lens. I know
> there are a couple of buttons on it, although
> I'd have probably failed a test on their labels.
>
> I recall reading about the L-Fn button in the manual, mostly for video, as
> I also know about Power Zoom for video. But
> what's this Macro button actually do. I push it, expecting some action or
> internal noise, as it changes mode. Nada, that
> button seems to do nothing at all.
>
> I look closely at the lens. In the little window that shows manual vs.
> power zoom setting, I see at an angle another
> label, "Macro" I try pushing the button and pushing the zoom ring forward
> beyond Power - et voilà!
>
> The only light is where I'm sitting, and I have a notebook at hand ...
> <http://galleries.moosemystic.net/MooseFoto/index.php?gallery=Home/OM-D_E-M5_First_Images/M.Zuiko_12-50&image=_8020212.jpg>
>
> Well, I didn't change the EV comp., so it's underexposed and the notebook
> is sort of standing on end, to get the light,
> so I can't differentiate edge sharpness from lens sharpness vs. field
> curvature, vs. DOF on curved paper, but it's
> pretty impressive. Fix the exposure, resharpen for downsizing, side
> lighting has, as planned, really shown up the
> texture of the paper, and it's darn good.
> <http://galleries.moosemystic.net/MooseFoto/index.php?gallery=Home/OM-D_E-M5_First_Images/M.Zuiko_12-50&image=_8020212oofm.jpg>
>
> So yesterday, I wandered out into the yard. The first shot is not really
> in focus. I suppose I probably moved a bit
> between focus and shot. Whatever it is, I like the soft focus effect, and
> wish I knew how to reliably reproduce it.
> <http://galleries.moosemystic.net/MooseFoto/index.php?gallery=Home/OM-D_E-M5_First_Images/M.Zuiko_12-50&image=_8020213.jpg>
>
> Then I find a more interesting bud, with entwining sepals, and get the
> focus right. Hey, that's pretty darn good!
> <http://galleries.moosemystic.net/MooseFoto/index.php?gallery=Home/OM-D_E-M5_First_Images/M.Zuiko_12-50&image=_8020214.jpg>
>
> So I made a few more. The garden whimsey is first shot normally, then
> macro. The hibiscus stamen is shot at two
> apertures.
> <http://galleries.moosemystic.net/MooseFoto/index.php?gallery=Home/OM-D_E-M5_First_Images/M.Zuiko_12-50>
>
> Close Up Moose
>
> --
> What if the Hokey Pokey *IS* what it's all about?
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