Facial Interplay

[Robert Watcher]

I was sitting on a rock at a corner on the Main Street, and honed my longer 600mm lens in on these two fellows interacting across the street. I was noticing the fellow in behind with the phone, popping in and out of view and managed the 9 variations to find one that interested me. This one caught my attention.

 

[Asher Kelman]

That Olympus company makes fabulous optics and you are so adept at using it. What’s the weight?

Also what models are you using or is that a Panasonic lens?

Asher

 

[Robert Watcher]

That Olympus company makes fabulous optics and you are so adept at using it. What’s the weight?

Also what models are you using or is that a Panasonic lens?

Asher

I am using Olympus cameras. The lens is the 75-300mm (150-600mm equivalent) Olympus non-pro lens. Apparently the lens is 423grams so less than a pound. The small Olympus E-M10 body that I use for discrete street shooting is 362grams. Normally I using it with the small 14-42 pancake lens where the whole thing isn’t much more than 1 pound in weight.

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[Asher Kelman]

In what way omissions a “non-pro” lens?

Of course on my iPhone I can’t pixel peep, it the “pro comes with whet technical advances?

Asher

 

[Robert Watcher]

In what way omissions a “non-pro” lens?

Of course on my iPhone I can’t pixel peep, it the “pro comes with whet technical advances?

Asher

The 75-300 is not a pro built lens - no weather sealing and slower aperture —— and the price is reflected in that it is around $750 Canadian dollars compared to thousands for the more serious faster f2.8 lenses.

 

[Asher Kelman]

The 75-300 is not a pro built lens - no weather sealing and slower aperture —— and the price is reflected in that it is around $750 Canadian dollars compared to thousands for the more serious faster f2.8 lenses.

But it’s seemed sharp. Can you attest to that or does it really make an improvement to have the pro lens.

…and image stabilization? Is they in the body, anyway?

Asher

 

[Robert Watcher]

I don’t have the pro lenses, so I have nothing to compare. The lens is sharp enough for me. Yes body stabilization can help as long as a subject isn’t moving. With street photography I generally shoot in Shutter Priority mode and the shutter speed with this set of pics was 1/1,000’th second, so image stabilization has no effect anyway.

 

[Asher Kelman]

Well this is the most practical 600 mm system I can imagine. I couldn’t wish for sharper more color contrast and impact in my pictures! I like lest u g from you this very practical approach to getting the job done.

Reminds me of how Ukraine’s defends itself!

Asher