Showcase Olympus 75mm f/1.8

[Tifoso]

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P1164575 by Giuseppe Terrazzino, auf Flickr

 

[Phil.H]

Cross posted in the show sheep thread.

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[comment23]

Cross posted in the show sheep thread.

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? I had no idea there was a “Show: Sheep” thread ?

 

[Phil.H]

? I had no idea there was a “Show: Sheep” thread ?

You should know by now that there is a thread for just about everything

 

[shotsoftime]

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amazing what this little lens can do

 

[Harvey Melvin Richards]

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amazing what this little lens can do

Great shot, how did you get the macro focusing? Raynox?

 

[GRIDDD]

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[shotsoftime]

Great shot, how did you get the macro focusing? Raynox?

went as close as the lens could focus handheld and had the help of gx85's focus peaking + ibis. image was cropped thereafter - just goes to show how sharp this lens really is! original sooc jpeg here https://flic.kr/p/2ip2CRo

 

[Hendrik]

went as close as the lens could focus handheld and had the help of gx85's focus peaking + ibis. image was cropped thereafter - just goes to show how sharp this lens really is! original sooc jpeg here https://flic.kr/p/2ip2CRo

Bravo!

 

[11GTCS]

Some family photo's to test this lens! I just got it, and man is it a winner. Shot some other photos in a barnyard and it just never fails to produce a picture I like. Stunning.

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[marcsitkin]

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El Tule Oaxaca Mexico

 

[OldRadioGuy]

Minimum focusing distance here.

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[ean10775]

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P9300311 by Eric, on Flickr

 

[Panolyman]

I'm in 99 minds whether to buy this lens, so I'm just going to scroll through the last 191 pages to try and make a decision.
I may be some time.

 

[Phil.H]

I'm in 99 minds whether to buy this lens, so I'm just going to scroll through the last 191 pages to try and make a decision.
I may be some time.

I hope you have your gas under control Brian

 

[Pluttis]

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[Panolyman]

Well, my GAS bubble has well and truly burst!
I spent yesterday afternoon (at our local churchyard) doing some test shots with all of my lenses, then analysing them all using 100% crops.
My wife came in to see what I was doing and after explaining that I was thinking of buying a 75mm lens I'd seen on offer at my favourite shop, she said "just go ahead and buy it!"
So, this morning I went online to try and buy it and discovered that it was no longer advertised.
I rang the shop to check and they told me it had sold yesterday afternoon while I was doing all the testing!!!!!
I really am gutted, as the lens was advertised as ex-demo, with a full 2 year guarantee and at the incredible price of £380.
They do have a couple in on "supposed offer" at £699 but that's way too much for my possible usage.

And what really bug me is that I had a different form of GAS recently, lusting after a Pen F, which I finally decided wasn't for me.
If I hadn't spent so much time drooling over the Pen F photos on this site, I may have gone for the 75mm earlier.

Oh, woe is me.

 

[soundfanz]

Well, my GAS bubble has well and truly burst!
I spent yesterday afternoon (at our local churchyard) doing some test shots with all of my lenses, then analysing them all using 100% crops.
My wife came in to see what I was doing and after explaining that I was thinking of buying a 75mm lens I'd seen on offer at my favourite shop, she said "just go ahead and buy it!"
So, this morning I went online to try and buy it and discovered that it was no longer advertised.
I rang the shop to check and they told me it had sold yesterday afternoon while I was doing all the testing!!!!!
I really am gutted, as the lens was advertised as ex-demo, with a full 2 year guarantee and at the incredible price of £380.
They do have a couple in on "supposed offer" at £699 but that's way too much for my possible usage.

And what really bug me is that I had a different form of GAS recently, lusting after a Pen F, which I finally decided wasn't for me.
If I hadn't spent so much time drooling over the Pen F photos on this site, I may have gone for the 75mm earlier.

Oh, woe is me.

Have been there before. My crystal ball shows you buying a 75mm 1.8 at some stage.
It's one of the great lenses in any format IMO.

 

[marcsitkin]

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Oaxaca City Mexico

 

[saladin]

Yes. Every system has a lens or two with magic pixie dust sprinkled in it. The 75mm is one such lens.


And you can use it for general shooting, not just portraits etc.

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