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Fun with 4/3rds cameras/ Image Thread

Knorp

Well-known member
Bought a new lens, the Laowa 6mm f/2. It's manual focus, but have all the electronics of MFT lenses, so enlarges the view when I move the focus ring. Not super sharp, not even at f/4, but sharpens up very nicely with Topaz Sharpener, and it's super, super wiiiiide. I will mostly use it for yacht interiors, but no yachts available yesterday, so here's some nature instead.

GX8 with Laowa 6mm f/2 @ f/4

Hopefully the yacht interiors turn out okay, Jørgen.
 

biglouis

Well-known member
G9 with Laowa 6mm f/2 @ f/2.8. Interestingly, this lens gives me sunstars already at f/2.8. For this kind of photography, that's a bonus. Makes old, tired yachts shine a bit more.

Wow, sunstars at f2.8. I'd never have thought a m43rds lens could do that as nicely as this has done. I'll have to check this lens out!

Is it possible to achieve better sharpness at the edges stopped down? I only ask because I have one final architectural shoot to do on a current project and I'd be interested in using this lens.

LouisB
 
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Jorgen Udvang

Subscriber Member
Wow, sunstars at f2.8. I'd never have thought a m43rds lens could do that as nicely as this has done. I'll have to check this lens out!

Is it possible to achieve better sharpness at the edges stopped down? I only ask because I have one final architectural shoot to do on a current project and I'd be interested in using this lens.

LouisB
I can do some tests tomorrow (Monday) and post here. So far, I've only been using it at f/2 and 2.8.
 

Jorgen Udvang

Subscriber Member
Here's a photo that I took with the GX8 and the 6mm at f/5.6. Please be aware that the GX8 has a rather strong AA filter. Photos would have looked sharper, at least the unsharpened version, using the G9. I have not done any perspective correction here, to maintain the original corners of the photo.

These are 1200px versions. If anybody wants full size jpegs, please contact me with email address, and I'll send the full size files saved at PS quality 12.

No sharpening:



Very mild sharpening in Topaz AI Sharpener:

 

biglouis

Well-known member
Jorgen, the colour draw of the lens looks very good (or at least if you altered it in post then it allows good modification). The greens and reds are very good indeed.

Thanks for sharing.
 

Jorgen Udvang

Subscriber Member
Jorgen, the colour draw of the lens looks very good (or at least if you altered it in post then it allows good modification). The greens and reds are very good indeed.

Thanks for sharing.
Louis,
I didn't do anything with the colours directly, but the following processing may have influenced the colour balance somewhat:

- RAW processing in DxO PureRAW (PureRAW doesn't seem to recognise the lens, but I don't have the latest version)
- Lifted the shadows in ACR
- One of the files has been sharpened slightly in Topaz AI Sharpener, which actually enhances the colours somewhat.

Jørgen
 

biglouis

Well-known member
I decided to expand my Olympus OM1 kit with lenses I can use for my non-wildlife photography which urban landscape and architecture. I added the Olympus PRO 7-14f2.8 and the Panasonic Leica DG 12-60f2.8-4 Elmarit. Today I took them out for a test around Whitechapel in the East End of London (including the station as well as buildings). I'm really impressed with the quality of both lenses and they'll easily support me in the type of work I do.

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