Showcase Olympus 12-50mm f/3.5-6.3 EZ

[Snowonuluru]

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[ektar]

Going back through some shots from last spring. Shot this in "Pop Art" .jpg, but it was a little too much. Processed this from .ORF and fiddled saturation some.

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Olympus OM-D E-M5.1, Zuiko M. Digital 12-50, 1/80s @ f5.6, ISO 200

 

[ektar]

And if one is open...

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Olympus OM-D E-M5.1, Zuiko M.Digital 12-50 @ 31mm, 1/250 @ f10
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Olympus OM-D E-M5.2 M.Zuiko 12-50 @ 33mm f9.0 @ 1/30 ISO 1600

 

[NoSeconds]

And if one is open...

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Olympus OM-D E-M5.1, Zuiko M.Digital 12-50 @ 31mm, 1/250 @ f10
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I don't think that bad boy is ever going to open again...

 

[AaronE]

Barnacles, With EM5 MK I

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[gjhill]

testing macro

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[ektar]

Apparently I'm a fanboy for this lens. Going through a few more from last spring:

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[Snowonuluru]

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[Snowonuluru]

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[Paulb123]

With the lockdown, it has given me the chance to try the macro and take a photo of this little fella in the garden

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[John King]

A much better lens than reviewers would have us believe, although Imaging Resource reviews it pretty well.

The macro feature is both good and useful IME.

Like my 14-42 EZ, I use mine almost always on my E-M1 MkI.
The 14-42 EZ for tiny, the 12-50 for versatility.

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[Snowonuluru]

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[MonikaO]

I really like this lens
Very versatile.

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[Heather’s Lightbox]

Playing around with my new-to-me copy of this lens. I am quite pleased. ?

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[exakta]

My wife is a gardener and likes to visit a local botanical garden operated by the local horticultural society. When I tag along, I bring the 12-50 to use the macro mode. Finally got some acceptable shots of insects on flowers yesterday, the secret seems to be to jack the shutter speed up, way up. OOC JPEGs.

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100% crop of above

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[ektar]

That lens is one of Oly's best values. Consistently good.

 

[jrsilva]

My wife is a gardener and likes to visit a local botanical garden operated by the local horticultural society. When I tag along, I bring the 12-50 to use the macro mode. Finally got some acceptable shots of insects on flowers yesterday, the secret seems to be to jack the shutter speed up, way up. OOC JPEGs.

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Very nice!
This lens was my first m/43 macro lens.
Well... pseudo-macro.
The macro feature and weather seal makes this lens worth.

 

[WaltP]

Capable lens, imho.

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[exakta]

This lens was my first m/43 macro lens.
Well... pseudo-macro.

Once Vivitar started using the marketing term "macro zoom" in the mid 70s with the legendary 70-210/3.5 Series I, every manufacturer suddenly used the word macro for anything that focused closer than a foot.

A lot of fixed focal length, flat field macro lenses in the film days only made it to 1:2 ratio, not 1:1. My first actual 1:1 experience was in the early 80s when Vivitar came out with a 2x teleconverter with an helicoid extension tube. It turned a 50/1.4 that only focused to 18" into a 100/2.8 that went to 1:1.

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