tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43386009726001109942024-03-26T10:34:59.630-07:00Street Smart PhotosHow Street Photography Works.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07807274663300125694noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4338600972600110994.post-49589075809681564252016-10-09T23:04:00.002-07:002016-10-10T01:03:42.140-07:0025mm Nokton Review late to the party<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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The 25mm Nokton was the first lens to give M43 "The Look". Of course by that I mean that the Nokton was the first lens made for the system that gave m43 the much sought after and vaunted full frame look, particularly shallow dof. <br />
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You see m43 has a small sensor. Well it isn't really small, it is pretty big in my opinion, but among the various other large sensored cameras m43 is sitting at the bottom of the heap with the smallest of the "big" sensors. It is a little more than 2/3 the size of an apsc sensor, and about 1/4 the size of a full frame sensor. This comes with some advantages and disadvantages. Advantage number one is that the m43 image circle only needs to be 1/4 the size of a full frame image circle. This means much smaller lenses can be made for the system. (This doesn't happen often for various reasons, but it is a possibility like we see with the olympus 45mm f1.8, the 20mm f1.7, and the 12mm f2) This means that if you are carrying a m43 camera setup and full frame setup with the exact same field of view and f stop the m43 setups will be much smaller and lighter. The two setups won't provide exactly the same images, but that's the trade you make for a smaller system. <br />
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The negatives of this sensor size are two fold. <br />
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1. Greater magnification. This is a pro and con. It is great for wildlife shooters who need more reach with smaller lenses. But not so good for many other kinds of shooters. Basically this means that a 50mm on a full frame camera and a m43 camera will give you a different image. On the full frame camera it would be a normal lens, somewhat close to our line of site. On the m43 camera it would be a portrait length lens giving you twice the reach of the full frame camera. To create the same field of view as the full frame camera you need to use half the focal length on the m43 camera, a 25mm lens. And with that smaller focal length comes a smaller aperture which results in a greater amount of the image in focus. This means that the m43 camera has more trouble producing shallow dof. <br />
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2. The smaller sensor gathers less total light for any given aperture setting. This means that for any given combination of settings m43 image quality will be lower than for a larger system. To compensate for this the m43 system needs to use either a longer exposure time, or a wider aperture in combination with a lower iso to attain the same snr and/or dof characteristics of the larger system. <br />
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Neither of these are due to the lenses mind you, it is simply the result of using a smaller sensor. An f2.8 lens is an f2.8 lens when it comes to light intensity, but light is measured in intensity and in total. A full frame sensor gathers more light with the same f number as a m43 sensor because it has four times the surface area to gather light with. The intensity of the light is no different (which is why image brightness is the same between the two formats with the same settings) but the actual total amount of light gathered favors the larger format. Does this matter? Not really....even at the highest iso settings of 12800 and 25600 m43 produces results that are more than good enough for use in web articles, facebook, instagram, or even printing to fairly large sizes. The number of use cases where it really matters that FF provides superior results are fairly limited because in almost all cases smaller formats are good enough. But anywhoooo..<br />
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Before the release of the Nokton m43 was in a very weak position when it came to low light performance and shallow dof. The nokton changed all of that however with a mind blowing f0.95 aperture which cemented it as a solid normal angle of view option for many shooters of the system. At the time it was nearly 2 stops faster than the next fastest lens in the system the 20mm f1.7. I have been using the 25mm nokton for the last year as one of my daily carry lenses and It would take a small army to make me part with it. Since it has been with me for about a year I would like to share some of my thoughts on this lens. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>So about me..... </b></span>I love manual focus. I started photography a little over 2 years ago and it quickly became a passion. I figured out that I loved manual focus right after I got my first manual focus prime (a Canon FL 50mm f1.4 adapted to my panasonic g6). The feeling of the aluminum barrel, the smooth silky turn of the focus ring, the sure click of the aperture dials, and the sight of the image coming into focus in the viewfinder all got me right in the heart. I was hooked. For the better part of a year the 50mm f1.4 and an 85mm f1.8 (both on a speedbooster) became my regular gear setup. Even though I owned a 20mm f1.7 and 45mm f1.8 that both had autofocus I spent most of my time using the manual focus lenses. <br />
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Of course after a while I started to itch for some of the manual focus options available with a mount native to my format and a bit wider than the lenses I was using. I began to get my mind caught up in the voigtlander noktons. Faster, sleeker, and sharper than my FL lenses...they were calling my name.<br />
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So the first one I picked up was the 25mm. I didn't like my 20mm all that much because it felt a bit too wide but not wide enough, so I played with my 50mm on my canon ae1 and decided I liked that field of view a lot. Later I wanted an even wider option and got the 10.5mm nokton which I have already reviewed <a href="http://streetsmartphotos.blogspot.com/2016/05/105mm-f095-voigtlander-nokton-8-month.html">here.</a><br />
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The 25mm blew me away from day one. It was sharp, it was fast, and man this thing is pretty. It looks like a match made in heaven when it is sitting on the front of my em5 Mark II and it looks just as good on the Pen F (which I am definitely having an itch for).<br />
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In my eyes the difference in fov between 25mm and the 35mm that my 50mm plus speedbooster was giving me was huge. It was a different way of shooting and I found myself getting closer to my subjects which was a good thing.<br />
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Fast forward to now and I can give you my thoughts after about a year with the lens.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Build Quality---it's fantastic. </b></span><br />
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There really isn't anything to say here.....it's all been said before by other people. The rings are perfect, the focus is insanely smooth and easy to use, and the lens feels extremely solid. It is heavy, and could probably be used to beat off a mugger and then photograph them. You are not going to find many lenses that feel better than this (if there are any).<br />
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i have dropped the lens one time on the train. It fell around 3 feet to the ground. It came out totally undamaged.<br />
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One thing I will say is that it is not nearly as large as I expected it to be after reading other reviews. Many reviewers made it out to be a huge lens, while it is bigger than many other m43 primes, it is not a huge lens. It is a bit long but slim. The new 25mm f1.2 is larger.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Image Quality Wide Open- I love it!</span></b><br />
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The biggest knocks I see against this lens are always the same. Too big, and the image quality wide open isn't useable. No af is the third one. I'm here to say that the first two are pretty ridiculous. <br />
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Now I am not the most demanding of image quality, some of my favorite photos are even a bit out of focus. But I still fail to see what exactly people want from a lens wide open at f0.95 that the 25mm nokton is not giving. <br />
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Wide open the image is not at it's sharpest. Did you expect it to be? I'm hoping not. <br />
The image does have a bit of glow to it and it vignettes in the corners, the color signature is even different wide open than stopped down. Now all of this can sound bad, but frankly it produces gorgeous images. Wide open the rendering is so pretty that you will want to shoot the lens at f0.95 all the time. You images won't have a biting sharpness but they have other qualities that frankly just look good. <br />
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Now I don't know what you are photographing, but anything I would be shooting at f0.95 the lens is offering PLENTY of sharpness for. I mostly photograph people, street shots, the occasional portrait and overall scenes. At f0.95 this lens is definitely sharp enough for these uses. It may not satisfy an architecture or landscape photographer at that aperture, but why would they be shooting at f0.95 anyways?</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">This lens is simply amazing once you start to stop it down. The image quality may be arguable wide open but nobody can argue with the biting sharpness this lens has as you begin to close that massive aperture. Once you hit f2.8 this lens has the second sharpest central portion in the entire system (other lenses are a bit stronger in the corners or along the edges, but for me that doesn't really matter). I usually compose my images along the rule of thirds and these areas fall into the central portion of the lens. The 75mm isn't sharper, the 42.5mm nocticron isn't sharper, the 25mm f1.4 isn't sharper. Only the 30mm f1.4 from sigma beats it by a hair. This is it. This lens can provide jaw droppingly sharp images and it is an absolute pleasure to view them after a day of shooting. I'll be waiting to see if the new Olympus 25mm f1.2 can top this lens stopped down (I have no doubt the 25mm f1.2 will be sharper at f1.2 and most likely up to f2, but it is actually larger than the nokton and has a smaller maximum aperture)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"> Dont really know what I shot these images at. Between f1.4 and f4 based on my usual habits.</span><br />
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This was shot at f0.95 and the focus isn't quite perfect. Still love the rendering. <br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">I have had this lens on me pretty much every day for the last year. I haven't shot with it every single day, but most. I find it very pleasing to use this lens. It may be a bit heavy (although my entire kit is a bit on the heavy side) but I have never once felt like I was being limited by my camera or lens when shooting with the nokton. I haven't run into a situation where I said, I need more speed, I haven't had a time where the AF missed (although I myself miss focus occasionally I can't blame it on the lens) and I haven't encountered a situation where I said to myself that this lens couldn't handle the lighting or scene in front of it. The only real issue I have had when shooting this lens is that often times the dof at f0.95 is too shallow to be useful and I have to stop down. That's really it. The wide aperture and ibis on my Em5 mark II mean I can shoot in total darkness at low iso values which is great for still life photos And at moderate iso values 800-3200 are generally enough to shoot deep into the night with subjects on the street in areas with very few lights. It is reassuring to hold, and I like the knowledge that even 10 years down the road this lens will perform exactly how it does now. It will always have a place in my kit as long as I can fit it on a camera. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">If you are interested in getting a 25mm nokton for yourself you can buy it from B&H or order it from amazon. My copy was bought on ebay from Japan and I was able to get it at a steep discount (under 600 usd). It is also worth noting that there are two versions of this lens. Type 1 and Type II. Type 1 has been discontinued in favor of type II which has a stepless aperture mechanism like the other nokton lenses and is supposed to perform better at wider apertures than type 1. The images in this review come from the type 1 lens although at some point in the future I will probably purchase the type II so that I can do a comparison between them. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">P.S Within the next 2 weeks I will be buying the 42.5mm f0.95 from Voigtlander so you can expect a review of that lens after I have had a month or two to use it. I am very excited to finally be completing my trio of Voigtlander Nokton lenses and they will be serving as my 3 lens system. I hope to be sharing many images and videos captured with them all. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://streetsmartphotos.blogspot.com/2016/04/olympus-em5-mark-ii-6-month-review.html">Em5 Mark II 6 month review</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://streetsmartphotos.blogspot.com/2016/05/105mm-f095-voigtlander-nokton-8-month.html">10.5mm Nokton 8 month review</a></span><br />
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Eating in China can be an interesting experience. People often fall into one of two patterns. You either choose a few foods you are comfortable with and order those repeatedly everywhere you go, or you become a person obsessed with trying everything on offer. Some people like me tend to switch between the two. <br />
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When I want to stick with foods I am used to and comfortable with I will order beef noodles (niu rou mein) Kung pow chicken (gong bao ji ding) or sweet pork slices (guo bao rou). It has also become a habit for me to eat baozi (meat filled steam buns) for breakfast each morning. But when I am out and about I will often look for new foods to try. <br />
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Among the great things I have been introduced to in Chinese cuisine is the prevalence of delivery food. Almost every restaurant offers delivery. And those that don't can still do delivery if you use a 3rd party delivery service. Often at work my coworkers and I will order rice, noodles, meat dishes, and more all from the comfort of our office and have a hand made, home style Chinese meal delivered directly to our door. It's definitely a huge step up from the lunch breaks I was used to taking in the USA, where McDonalds or Taco Bell were the order of the day. I do miss Taco Bell though....<br />
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Check back soon because I will be uploading a post detailing some of the great street foods available here in China. Street food is my favorite way to eat here and I will be explaining a few of the reason's why and sharing a lot of photos of the various foods you can try. <br />
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M43 as a system has advantages over many of it's contemporaries. It has a large lens portfolio, good ergonomics, multiple body manufacturers, and an overall smaller system size than most other interchangeable lens systems. However it does have it's disadvantages. These include low light performance, compared to larger systems that have larger sensors and lenses with larger entry pupils, and shallow dof. Voigtlander has personally taken on the mission of rectifying this issue by releasing a series of super fast f0.95 lenses. The most recent of these releases was the 10.5mm nokton. I have been shooting with the nokton since September of last year and I have finally decided to write a review from the perspective of a long term user. Continue reading after the break to see what I think of this unique lens along with a collection of the images another photographer and I have created with it. <br />
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Now, at the very beginning, we should make things clear. M43 uses a sensor that is approximately 1/4 the size of a 35mm sensor found in so called full frame DSLRs. This means that the format has inherently different exposure and dof characteristics. Because a 35mm sensor has a larger surface area, when using lenses with the same aperture on a 35mm camera and a m43 camera, the 35mm or full frame camera will gather more light. The aperture indicates the intensity of light.<br />
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Imagine a m43 sensor as a bucket under a faucet of water. The faucet represents the lens. The water represents light. Set the faucet to full blast and assume that that represents a wide open f1.8 aperture. Now imagine a full frame sensor as 4 buckets, each one the same size as the m43 bucket. Each of theses 4 buckets are also under a f1.8 faucet that is going wide open exactly like the m43 bucket. In the space of a minute which set of buckets gathers more water?<br />
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In order for the m43 bucket to gather the same amount of water as the full frame buckets we need to let 4x as much water through the m43 faucet. This would give us the same total amount of water as the full frame buckets. (And pretty much the same image quality). So we need a f0.9 faucet (lens) for m43. The voigtlander nokton lenses are equal to using a very nicely built manual focus f1.8 prime lens on a full frame camera. Take any m43 lens and multiply it's focal length and aperture number by 2 and you will know what a similar lens for a full frame camera would be like.<br />
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They started with the 25mm f0.95 giving m43 users the fast 50mm equivalent lens that they wanted and producing one of the sharpest lenses in the entire m43 lineup. They followed up this beauty with a 17.5mm f0.95 to please those who wanted a fast 35mm equivalent lens and at the same time introduced a fantastic declickable aperture ring for video. After this they got even bolder and released a stunning 42.5mm f0.95 giving m43 users the 85mm f1.8 equivalent lens they deserved. All three of these lenses have been met with acclaim, and are some of the sharpest lenses in the m43 lineup.<br />
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Many people wondered what Voigtlander would release next. They anticipated a 14mm f0.95 to give m43 users a fast 28mm equivalent (something completely missing from the system) but Voigtlander pushed farther and chose to release a 10.5mm f0.95. The widest ultra fast lens released and equivalent to a 21mm f1.8 on a 35mm camera. Even in the full frame world those are pretty extreme specs. Reviews were mixed, while some liked the lens they felt it did not measure up to it's contemporaries and that it's image quality was not commiserate with it's price. It garnered some bad attention especially due to a bad review from lens tip where it was reviewed by an astrophotographer who was disappointed in the lens coma performance and thus declared it a failure. It most definitely did not get a lot of love from many sources. I saw through it however and picked the lens up for what it offers. A chance to create images that not even many full frame camera owners can produce. And this lens delivers just that. <br />
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The 10.5mm Nokton is definitely a hefty lens. I can't compare it to most other m43 lenses but It is certainly not a lightweight. It is about the same length with hood as the 25mm nokton with hood but is heavier. It probably weighs at least the same as my em5 plus grip.<br />
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The focus ring turns around 280 degrees giving a very long and precise focus throw. The focus ring is as smooth as butter and very accurate. The aperture dial is actually much smoother in operation than the 25mm nokton and I find the stepless aperture control to be very fun to play with. I have tested the lens in video and having a stepless aperture is very nice, especially if I haven't had time to put my variable nd filter on the lens. <br />
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The lens has a 72mm filter thread and accepts circular filters. The hood is removable with a metal screw and you can use the lens cap with the hood on. The hood is better designed than the ones on my old 35mm glass in that the lens has a groove for the hoods tightening band to latch into. This means it cant fall off by mistake like the one on my 85mm fl occasionally does. You cannot use wide filters with the hood on. Some small filters should fit, but if the diameter of the filter is larger than the front diameter of the lens the hood will not fit over it. Still with the very good flare performance of the lens I have found myself never using the hood anyways. <br />
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I found that the lens balanced well on my Panasonic gx7 but that it felt much better on my g6. The gx7 is probably the smallest grip I would personally use the lens with and if using the Olympus cameras (minus the em1) I would recommend the accessory grips. I have been using it since October with my EM5 Mark II and the fotodiox grip. These make a very good combination and one handing the lens was quite easy.<br />
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Overall I think the build quality is great. The Voigtlander lenses for m43 are constructed in a way reminiscent of times long past. Their solid aluminum construction, incredibly smooth aperture and focus rings, and general construction make them beautiful and functional tools. Modern lenses from Canon, Nikon, Panasonic, or Olympus simply are not built like this. Only Voigtlander, Leica, and Zeiss are making lenses with this kind of quality anymore, (Ignoring a bunch of cinema lens manufacturers).<br />
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At f0.95 I find the image quality to be very good for my usage. I am mostly a street photographer with occasional aspirations to portrait, nightscape, or lightpainting photography. I do not care about the edges or corners of my photographs. At all. I only look at the edges of my photos or the corners to make sure that nothing is there to distract from my composition. Like the other Voigtlander Noktons the lens varies in Sharpness based on focus distance. At close focus the lens becomes more dreamy in rendering, and at farther distances it becomes sharper with less glow. That said at a a distance I find the corners and edges to be serviceable at f0.95 even if they aren't great. Center sharpness is good wide open.<br />
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This particular feature of the Voigtlander lenses is one reason I feel lens tests do not do them justice. At the distances used for shooting charts (which does not represent most shooting scenario's) the Voigtlanders are not performing at their best. At close focus they are more dreamy, especially wide open. Stopping down they become much sharper. At a distance more useful for shooting people with each focal length they are at their sharpest. It is my opinion that Voigtlander intentionally designed these lenses to perform their best at the distances most used for shooting people. Voigtlander has long made lenses for the Leica M cameras which are heavily associated with street and reportage style shooting. This can be seen especially in the 42.5mm nokton which performs its best within portrait shooting distance with fall offs in performance at infinity and very close focus. <br />
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The vignetting at f0.95 is very heavy. Interestingly I found that it was a boon to composition in at least one case. <br />
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The two closeups of the lion statue were taken at f0.95 and f2. I moved closer for the f2 shot trying to fill the frame more which is why the background blur looks similar. But the interesting note is the background of the two images. Initially before post processing both were much brighter. They were shot at equal exposures. (I pulled highlights on both by 36 points in lightroom). They received identical processing. <br />
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Due to the vignetting at f0.95 the corners were actually darker than the same shot at f2. When shot at f2 the street and sky were much brighter in comparison to the f0.95 shot. You can see that the sky is more saturated with blue in the f0.95 shot and the white highlights in the image are smaller, The ground and the overhang of the building are also darker. <br />
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I feel that in some circumstances this could enable me to use f0.95 for subject isolation and actually reduce blown highlights in the corners and edges of a photograph that would have crept in had I used an aperture of f1.4 or f2 while maintaining the same image brightness. As a characteristic of the lens I find it fascinating and it has influenced my photography with the lens.<br />
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As you stop down the lens the vignette gradually disappears and the corners and edges become sharper and sharper. According to some other reviews it never reaches spectacular levels of sharpness like the other noktons, however in my experience the sharpness is nothing short of biting. <br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span>About the colors, something that people don't often note is that the voigtlander nokton lenses shift color reproduction throughout their aperture range. Wide open the Noktons give a cool color tone but as they are stopped down they become warmer.<br />
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This change happens almost as soon as you leave f0.95 You can observe the change most easily by point the camera at a light source with a fixed white balance in camera. Then stop down from f0.95 to f1.4 or farther.<br />
When pointing it at lights in my office I found they had a purplish ting wide open, but stopping down gave them a bit of a greenish blue hue. I believe that intentionally the Nokton lenses have been designed to give two entirely different renderings. Wide open the look of the image is so different from just one stop down at f1.4 you could often swear that they came from different lenses. <br />
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This is especially noticeable if you have blue tones like the sky in your image. Wide open the blues will be more saturated and the entire image has a more dreamy color rendering. I find it to be utterly gorgeous. Even stopped down the voiglander colors are beautiful and I can really pick a nokton image out of the crowd. I hate to say it but these lenses really do give images a very life like feeling. I am not old enough to have shot with color film (do disposable cameras count?)But I have an ae1 I got for a dime and occasionally I put b&w film through it. I think the character of the nokton images reminds me of the film rendering.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">F0.95 Iso 800. You can view the full image by clicking on it. This was processed in camera. Low noise reduction. The sharpness in the center of the frame is very good and the wide aperture makes shooting in low light a breeze.</td></tr>
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One thing people definitely question with this lens is "what's the point of an f0.95 aperture on a wide angle lens?". "Why would anyone need a wide angle lens that fast? It isn't going to help your landscapes or architecture. Just use a tripod right? And you can't get shallow dof on a wide angle anyways so what's the point?"<br />
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Well I have answers for those people. There are uses for a wide angle lens other than landscapes and architecture, believe it or not, and yes you can have shallow dof and a wide angle at the same time. Just look at the images above. <br />
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With the same framing the 10.5mm notkon offers more dof control than a lens the like 20mm f1.7 or the 25mm f1.8. The perceived amount of background blur it can achieve in a shot with similar framing is about equal to the 20mm f1.7 but the dof and actual blur are actually 2 stops more. <br />
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The bokeh of the lens is swirly at close focus distances. It has a very dreamy characteristic when shooting up close wide open and I find it interesting and pleasing. If you stop down you can remove the effect but I kind of think that is besides the point. If you wanted to do close up portraits you should still be at a distance where the image wont be crazy dreamy and soft which is a nice thing.<br />
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The lens performs well in low light and has a great rendering at night,. One thing to keep in mind while shooting at night is the vignette. The lens lends itself to a central or just off center composition due to the hot spot created by the vignette. It could potentially draw attention away from your subject if something else occupies this hot spot.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This was shot on the nokton using the teleconverter mode of the em5 II. It is cropped in alot and was shot I believe wide open. </td></tr>
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When shooting at night stopped down you will notice that the lens produces stars around point light sources due to it's straight aperture blades. This is either an effect you like or an effect you do not like. <br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span>Flare was handled well and I only had a few shots where it intruded into any of my photos. I did not find it to be a problem at all. The only shots where it intruded the sun was just outside of the from above the lens. In 8 months with this lens flare has only intruded in my shots 1 or 2 times without the hood.<br />
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When I first got this lens I was surprised to find myself shooting often without the viewfinder. I kept noticing that my subjects were becoming aware of me due to my close proximity. The lens is very wide so you have to be close, so close that raising the camera to my eye was alarming my subjects in a few instances. The amount of time it took the viewfinder to come on when I put the camera to my eye was also frustrating because by the time it came on a moment would have already passed at such close distance. I ended up taking a piece of masking tape (always carry tape) and covering up the eye sensor so that when I used fn4 to switch to my evf it would stay on constantly and not have any wakeup lag. This may have affected my battery life a little bit but I carry a few batteries so it wasn't an issue. I have since adjusted to this and use the viewfinder more. However it is most often beneficial to shoot using zone focus as it removes the possibility of the subject noticing you. Once focus is set you can just walk past the subject snap the shot and never have them notice you at all<br />
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Setting zone focus is very easy and makes shooting with such a wide lens much easier. To set zone focus choose your aperture, shutter speed, and iso. You can also set the camera to Aperture priority and just set the aperture then let auto iso and the exposure program do their thing. When you set an aperture of say f8 and focus to 1 meter on the 10.5mm you will have everything from about half a meter to infinity in focus. There is a dof scale on the lens that will help you with this. If you choose f8 everything between the two 8 markers will be in decent focus. Not perfect. But decent to very good depending on your aim. F4 is the smallest value that zone focus works well with. At f4 you can get everything from 1 meter to infinity in focus. If the subject moves closer then that just move the focusing ring back about a centimeter and it will come right back in. Easy, fast, accurate.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Final Thoughts</span><br />
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The 10.5mm nokton is a unique lens that will not find it's way into most photographer's collections. It is heavy, manual focus only, fairly large for a m43 lens, and expensive. It suffers from fairly bad coma wide open which puts off the astrophotographers who were most interested in it. However, for those of us willing to look past those flaws this is a fantastic piece of glass. For lowlight shooting in cramped environments no other m43 lens comes close, for lowlight architecture handheld this lens is king, for night time rendering there is a way this lens draws that is pure magic, even for portraiture it offers a view other lenses can't. The 10.5mm nokton is part of my daily kit. I use it so much that I can't stand to be without it. My other lenses fight for my attention but rarely do they win.<br />
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If you are in need of a fast ultra wide nearly distortion free rectilinear prime then I heartily reccomend the 10.5mm nokton, if you shoot video I suggest that it is a must own lens, and if you shoot people in low light I say this lens is the king. If you are a thrifty individual or highly anal about small technical flaws then I suggest to look at other slower glass. There is something great here but it just might not be what everybody is looking for.<br />
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A big thanks to Yaelle for the images she contributed to this review and I reccomend that everyboy go checkout her work on flickr at<br />
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So while I was walking around the other day in Huaqiangbei I stumbled upon a camera store carrying a variety of c mount lenses. These are very interesting due to their miniscule sizes and low prices. I ended up buying a 50mm f1.4, 35mm f1.7, 25mm f1.8 16mm f1.4 and a 8mm fisheye that was made for cmount but they had a m43 version available as well. <br />
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These two shots came out of the fisheye. I decided to leave my Voigtlander noktons at home, and just shoot with the tiny 25mm, 50, and fisheye. With my 10.5mm I often shoot with a cabled flash at close distance. These were two shots were I was playing around and tried out the same technique with the fisheye. I love the way that it is able to draw in the entire background while bringing me close enough to use my flash. It really lets the subject stand out in the image even more than they do when I shoot with the 10.5mm.<br />
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As you can see the lens is very sharp, and as the kicker? It only cost 60 usd. :D<br />
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Please comment and let me know if you have any questions about this little lens. I will be happy to answer.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07807274663300125694noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4338600972600110994.post-32785531803847902422016-04-04T02:22:00.000-07:002016-04-04T22:11:22.038-07:00Shenzhen's Painting Village<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Shenzhen may not be the oldest city in China but it does have it's share of attractions. One of these is Dafen oil painting village. A beautiful area where paintings of any kind can be found or commissioned. Dafen serves as a location where companies from around the world can have oil painting produced either in large quantities or as single commissions. It is a very interesting area and a must see for both the art and the low prices. <br />
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Dafen is located on line 3 in Shenzhen. It is about an hour away from the city center. To get there you can take line three towards the outside of the city, you go 2 stops past the Buji interchange station and get off at Dafen station. You then have to follow the road outside of the station a bit to find what you are looking for. A translator app on your phone and the words "Where can I buy paintings?" Should be enough to get the locals to point you in the right direction. You will know you have found the entrance to the "village" when you see a large statue of a hand holding a paint brush.</div>
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Prices vary by the shop and size of the painting. If you find a painting you like but it is too expensive you can bargain it down, or just go to the next shop. A lot of the images repeat at different shops. It is very possible to get a wall sized print for less than 300 rmb. That is less than 50 U.S. dollars. The smaller prints can often be had for less than 100rmb.<br />
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Among all of the painting vendors you will also find painting supply shops. These can provide you with any brush imaginable (some of which are comically large) ink trays, easels, canvas etc. <br />
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Some shops will take commissions for paintings, and others can take a photograph and use a paint over a print of the image to render it as a painting. You can watch a lot of this painting being done on the street. Both original works, copies of other artwork, and photo to painting conversions. <br />
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My favorite part of visit the painting village however was just the people there. It was very interesting to see them hard at work committing what would be considered a crime on multiple levels in my own country. Not only that but they will offer you classes to teach you how to do the same! Even after a year here I still can't get past the totally different culture at times. <br />
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It is definitely a very interesting place and I think that it will be one I choose to visit again and again. It was fun to shoot there, I found resources that will make my photography even more fun there, and I can buy something to populate my sparse walls with as well. I will be returning to purchase frames and have some photos printed to display and sell in some of Shenzhen and Hong Kong's art shows this year. A lot of fun this place. </div>
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In October 2015 I switched from using my Panasonic gx7 to using an Olympus Em5 Mark II as my main camera. I have been using the Em5II solely since then and have become very familiar with it. I will be reviewing this camera as it relates to my personal usage.</div>
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The Olympus Em5 Mark II is the follow up to the best selling m43 camera to date the Em5. The Olympus Em5 marked the time when m43 came into it's own. It had a class leading stabilization system, great evf, great iq, good manual controls, weather sealing, and a vintage slr styling that proved to be very popular. Great as it was though the Em5 became outdated in some areas and was capable of being improved in others. Enter the Em5 Mark II.</div>
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The Em5 Mark II is at first glance merely a rehash of its predecessor. They look quite similar, are close to the same size, and the iq is basically the same. However when you get more intimate with this camera the changes become readily apparent. The evf is larger, the dials are more substantial, the buttons click assuredly instead of mushily, and the grip has been improved. The camera looks and feels like a more serious tool. And it is.</div>
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First lets address the obvious changes. Ergonomics and the EVF.</div>
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<b><br /></b>First off let me be clear, I have held and used the em5 original for a very short time. I have not owned one nor have I done any prolonged shooting with it. In fact the Olympus em5 Mark II is my first Olympus camera after 2 Panasonics. That said the em5 mark II is definitely an ergonomic improvement over the em5 original. </div>
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The larger and more pronounced thumb grip, larger hooked grip on the front of the camera, improved buttons resistance "clickiness" and placement, all work together to create a much better handling camera. If you shoot using the small great m43 primes you will have no problems using this camera as it comes out of the box.</div>
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Having said that the ergonomics fall a bit short for me and my usage. I use the Voigtlander noktons on a daily basis and the 10.5mm spends quite a lot of time on the camera while one handing it. The built in grip is insufficient for this usage. If you want to use larger primes, or zooms, one handed you will need an accessory grip. I knew this before I bought the camera and purchased the fotodiox em5 mark II grip along with the camera. This vastly improves the ergonomics and makes me feel very comfortable with the camera one handed. I found I preferred the fotodiox grip to the Olympus one because the fotodiox grip still gives you battery door access. With the Olympus grip you must remove it to change the batteries. </div>
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Another issue that many people point out is the strange location of the power switch on the top left of the camera. This just requires a 2 handed start up. A bit odd but not deal breaking. One however that I have not seen people mention is the difficulty opening the lcd. If you are in cold conditions and wearing even thin gloves it can be very difficult to get the rear lcd open. I find this a bit irritating but have learned to deal with it. I also recommend buying the large eyecup. This doesn't fall off as easily as the stock eyecup which I lost within 2 weeks. I glued mine to the camera.</div>
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The em5 mark II comes with the same fantastic evf that debuted in the em1 and vf4 viewfinders. It offers a large .74x magnification, 2.36 million dots, great color, and low lag. It is a large improvement over the original em5 and also a great improvement over the g6 and gx7 I used previously. </div>
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With the em5 mark II Olympus has chosen to step up their evf game in some ways though. The em5 mark II now offers new live view boost modes, which I wont tell you about because I don't use any of them, and a simulated ovf which is interesting for flash users. They have also taken the opportunity to greatly improve the focus peaking functionality and offer 3 colors. The method of peaking has changed to become more like Panasonic's, a sort of shimmering highlight. The peaking is very accurate and IMHO is much better than on my gx7 and g6. I use it at all times. It does have its issues however. The view through the evf does slow down slightly right when you engage it but it smooths out after a second, and upon half pressing the shutter button peaking disappears (my biggest complaint). You cannot have peaking enabled while in a monochrome live view like the Panasonic cameras, and peaking has to be activated by button every time you want to use it. The Panasonic cameras detect that no af lens is attached and activate peaking by default if you have this set in the options. This is a great feature and leaves me a bit annoyed at my Em5II where changing my ISO causes me to have to re-engage peaking. This is not the only software feature my gx7 had that I wish my em5II offered. The other relates to ibis which I'll get to later.</div>
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The simulated ovf is exactly what it sounds like. The camera controls the gain and whit balance through the evf to simulate what looking through an ovf would look like. This is useful for flash photographers where settings may prevent an image that can be seen clearly through the viewfinder or using gels where they need to compensate for ambient light.</div>
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While there are some new features in the em5 Mark II I will quickly cover a few improved functions first. These include <b>IBIS </b>and <b>Video Features</b> </div>
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The Olympus em5 debuted with a powerful 5 axis ibis (in body image stabilization) system which functioned for any mounted lens and offered a stabilized live view while composing. This is a powerful tool and even allows you to shoot decades old manual primes with quality stabilization of up to 4 stops in the body. The Em5 Mark II has taken this a step farther and now is rated for 5 stops of stabilization improvement. This means that with a normal lens of 25mm (with m43 you shoot with a shutter speed 2x the focal length as the general rule to avoid handshake blur) one can shoot at shutter speeds as low as 1/1.5 of a second and still get a sharp image. This makes shooting landscape photos or still life images in low light far easier and allows m43 shooters to keep the ISO several stops lower in those shooting situations where they can use a lower shutter speed instead. I find it to be invaluable. </div>
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<b style="font-size: x-large;">In my personal shooting </b>I find the stabilized viewfinder image to be of particular use. The stabilized live view (especially when using manual focus magnification or long lenses) makes composition and focus far easier. It is a huge step up in usability over cameras where you only get such a benefit with a stabilized lens.</div>
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The video functions of the em5 for many left a lot to be desired. Panasonic cameras offered video with less artifacts, better sharpness, and better codecs that handled grading better. However, the em5 still saw a lot of video use because of its IBIS that functions while shooting video. The em5 mark II has gone to great lengths to catch up to Panasonic in this area. While Panasonic cameras do still provide better technical image quality in 1080p the difference is not as large as it used to be and the Em5 Mark II image quality has reached the level where it can be comfortable used for almost anything. By comparison it provides better quality than a canon 5d mark III. </div>
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The video provides good detail and colors, macro blocking is almost non existent, the footage grades pretty well, there is a clean hdmi feed available, and the ibis has been vastly improved in video mode to the point it almost feels like a Steadicam. The biggest issue with the video quality is some moire however after the 2.0 update that was improved a lot and really does not intrude on the majority of shots. When it does it isn't bad enough that most people would notice.</div>
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Compared to the original em5 the mark II also offers a tilt and swivel articulated lcd, focus peaking in video, time code, a flat profile, adjustable noise reduction levels (including off as an option) and a mic input. <br />
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The EM5 Mark II like the EM5 before it does not have an integrated flash unit. Depending on your views this could be a negative or positive attribute. I consider it a positive as the camera does come with the best accessory flash ever made. The fl-lm3 is a remarkable little flash. It has tilt and swivel capabilities and looks like a miniature version of a full sized flash. It can be controlled via ttl or manual controls and can be used off camera with a canon ttl flash cord. </div>
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You read that right. For a 20 dollar cable you can have off camera flash capability with the em5 mark II. This makes the camera IMHO one of the most versatile camera tools available with little extra investment out of the box. The fl-lm3 has replaced my larger flashes almost completely for my normal street shooting. I use it off camera with a cord for my street shooting and it performs spectacularly for that purpose. It's small size makes it very convenient. I use a small hair tie I cut in half to bungee the flash to my wrist so i can drop it and operate the camera with both hands without any worries. </div>
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The EM5 mark II integrates several features from the Em1 and Em10 and adds some that are brand new to the Olympus lineup. These include Live time, live bulb, and live composite along with the brand new high resolution mode. </div>
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Live composite is the one of these features I have used the most. What this mode does is create a raw or jpeg file where the camera blends multiple exposures using the lighten blending mode. Once you set the initial exposure the camera will only continue adding new light. This mode is fantastic for light trails, star trails, light painting, or creative flash work.<br />
I also have made use of this mode for product type photography. As in this next shot. Which was lit entirely with one android tablet.<br />
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Live bulb and live time....read another review. I have never used them. I also have used the high res mode very few times but it is well covered in other reviews.<br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Many shooters are quite convinced that m43 camera's are incapable of producing good results at high ISO values. I am of the complete opposite mindset. I believe that current m43 cameras produce great results all the way up to their maximum ISO values. I think that the largest issue with low light shooting is that many people are depending on the camera to try and make up for bad light. Low light is not a problem, bad light is. And no matter how high you bump up your ISO it won't ever make up for bad lighting. Here are some results from the em5 Mark II in GOOD LOW LIGHT that show what is possible at ISO values of 12800 and 25600.</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">ISO 12800. This image will print just fine all the way to 16x20 or larger (assuming you increase the viewing distance appropriately). </td></tr>
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The Em5 is fast in operation, feels great in the hand (especially with the fotodiox grip) has a great evf, and cool special features. It also has the best ibis on any camera anywhere. Manual operation is very fast and reliable and the focus peaking is fantastic. For manual focus and use I think it is currently the best camera on the market. For shooting with manual prime lenses I do not think any camera comes close without spending 3000 usd on the top Sony models. However I do have a few complaints that are mostly due to software.<br />
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First off these a<b></b>re mostly software based. Secondly they don't ruin the usage of the camera, just make it a little less efficient than it could be.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">First off is the adjustment of ibis.</span></b> When using manual lenses you can select ibis from the super control panel and adjust the settings there. However you must select this every time you change lenses and every time you turn the camera on after changing lenses. With Panasonic's gx8 and gx7 the camera automatically prompts for ibis focal length when the camera is turned on if a manual lens is attached. Ibis can also be set to an fn button on the gx7 and gx8 making adjustment of the setting much faster than the Olympus method. Olympus please allow any and all camera settings to be set to the buttons. Please.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Second, there is no way to assign ISO permanently to a dial</span></b>. When shooting i never adjust aperture from the camera. I can't, my lenses are manual. So why can't i set the unused dial to ISO? I don't know ask Olympus! For me this is a big irritation and slows down my shooting in some situations. For others it is no big deal. You can assign a button to temporarily switch the dials to white balance and ISO, but this is slower than I would like and it disables focus peaking if you have it enabled. It works OK as is, however I would really appreciate seeing the full ability to set any button or any dial to any function I desire without restriction. <br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Third, Auto ISO in manual mode has been implemented by Olympus, but</span></b> they do not allow exposure compensation. This is an oversight that many would like to see addressed. They have added exposure compensation with manual mode to the pen f which was recently released so I believe we will see this feature implemented in the future. It may possibly hit the em1 and EM5 Mark II via firmware update if we are lucky. </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Fourth, focus peaking is great, however...</b></span>there are some firmware quirks that prevent it from being perfect. <br />
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<b>For one</b> when you adjust the ISO while using peaking it disables the feature. You have to turn it back on after adjusting the ISO. This is just ridiculous.<br />
<b>Second,</b> half pressing the shutter button makes the peaking disappear. This is a pain. I am half pressing to get a stabilized view, not to disable my focusing aid. Peaking works at the same time as ibis as we can see in focus magnification so it is simple a software setting that some non photographer thought was a good idea.<br />
<b>Third, </b>when shooting in monochrome mode activating peaking switches the live view back to color. On Panasonic camera's it is possible to shoot raw in monochrome, and have the focus peaking be the only color that appears in the viewfinder. While the Olympus peaking in the em5 mark II is better than in any Panasonic camera I have handled, the ability to shoot in monochrome with peaking as the only color on screen is a point in the usability department for Panasonic. <br />
<b>Fourth </b>Panasonic cameras automatically activate peaking if no lens is detected on the camera. This means that when you turn on the camera with a manual lens attached the camera automatically starts peaking and asks for the ibis setting for the lens. These are both features I would LOVE to have on my Em5 Mark II after shooting with the gx7 for a year. I absolutely prefer my EM5 to my gx7, I think it is a better camera for a few reasons, but these features are big points that Olympus should address. <br />
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I do not lie when I say this is the single most annoying thing about my EM5. This agitates me constantly. When you activate the focus magnification box everything is great. It shows up, goes where you want, magnifies, etc. It does it's job. My issue is that there is no easy way to set the darn thing back to the center of the screen. I use the focus and recompose method nine times out of ten because it is faster for me. However when I do move the focus box, by intent or accident, I have to go through the process of moving it all the way back to the center of the screen. Even turning the feature off and back on will not reset it back to the screen center. 6 months and I have not been able to figure out how to do this. Seriously Olympus, make the info button or the focus point home button work the same way for the focus magnification box. It is really frustrating!!</div>
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the EM5 Mark II is the best camera I have ever had in my hands. It feels amazing, it works well, and it produces fantastic images. It is most certainly a fantastic tool and I am very happy I bought it. Now I just need a fast weather sealed prime to go along with it and I will be an extremely happy photographer.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07807274663300125694noreply@blogger.com2Shenzhen, Guangdong, China22.543096 114.0578649999999921.605296 112.7669715 23.480895999999998 115.34875849999999tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4338600972600110994.post-86625994067369360582016-03-25T11:03:00.001-07:002016-04-09T23:26:48.112-07:002 years as a photographer.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An artist has his brush and a photographer has his camera. </td></tr>
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2 years ago I bought my first camera. It was a Panasonic g6 that I intended to use for video before anything else. Learning to shoot stills with the camera was an entirely secondary concern and I only started because I didn't want to waste the capabilities of the camera. It turned out that I shot far more photos than videos and eventually began to spend a large portion of my free time pursuing photography. It has become one of the most enjoyable and rewarding hobbies I have ever had. After the break will be a number of photos I have taken over the last two years that I feel reflect how my style has changed and developed over time during my 2 years as a photographer.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A portrait of me shot by my girlfriend. </td></tr>
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When I first got started in photography I did not have any idea what to photograph. I shot everything from birds at the pond to trinkets around the house. I was working out what I wanted to shoot. The first time I really began to be attracted to a particular subject was when I started acting in a show at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington, Texas. On days with dramatic clouds the roller coasters cut strong and interesting figures into the sky. So I began to photograph them.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A long way down</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stairway to heaven?</td></tr>
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After I had gotten several shots I liked from shooting roller coaters I began to go on photo walks through Dallas and Fort Worth. I began to try my hand at other subjects. Architecture became a good way to try out the 9mm fisheye bodycap I had purchased, and asking people for portraits let me get used to using my 50mm f1.4. It was around this time that I really developed a preference for my manual lens. The feeling of focusing and watching the image come into focus in the viewfinder were both exhilarating. My autofocus lens became used less and less. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Open spaces and wet places</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Boxing in the clouds</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bubblegum</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cowboy gangsters are real....sadly horrifyingly real.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pleasant smoke break</td></tr>
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As I got used to shooting on the streets I began to dabble in different areas, long exposures, flash lit portraits, light painting, and more.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">As if porcelain dolls weren't creepy enough already</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Difficult shot to pull off. Combination of long exposure light trails and flash lit portrait.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of my favorites. This was lit with a single 60 inch umbrella and street lamps.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This was from my first paid portrait session. Dad flew the umbrella overhead on a stand. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A shot I liked from the first session I did</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Asleep on watch duty</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My very first fireworks</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Guarding the gates of hell. Flash lit still life</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Which way is up?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Camera selfie. This photo was taken with the camera that appears in the photo. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Upstairs or down?</td></tr>
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As I practiced more and more I found myself becoming more attracted to photographing people. I found their interactions and quirks intriguing. And I felt like moments were being ignored and lost all the time because they weren't being captured. So I decided it was time for me to start capturing them. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Alone in the woods</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Do you have a size 9?</td></tr>
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Faceless.</div>
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A bit soft but I love this image.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Breather</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Break time</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A quick trim before the bus arrives.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Slow drag</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"I didn't bring my shirt on purpose"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Like owner like dog</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Can I help you?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Square dancing</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lady in pink</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Golden light.</td></tr>
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Bad guy (I'm not).</div>
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Clever shirt of his says bad guy in large characters and I'm not in very small ones. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Seriously?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Guard dog</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Feeling alone</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My girlfriend's father. </td></tr>
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One thing that really stood out to me when photographing people were the variety of expressions they could produce. Their situations and environments working together to create beautiful imagery. However as I photographed people more and more I began to miss my flash. So I began to mix the pursuit of documentary street photography with flash.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ghosts and Cheshire cats in downtown wonderland.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">in and out of shadows.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">in the spotlight</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">safe place</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">what's that light?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Great ball of fire</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">living dolls</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">sanitary concerns</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">waiting in red lipstick</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A hero discovering his powers?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cool Grandpa</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Goodmorning</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stepping out</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Self portrait</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Long figure</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Through the tunnel</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Street photography</span> with flash has begun to consume my entire style. It is the first thing I jump to do and the last I leave. It has become a niche that I feel comfortable in and I feel produces interesting and wonderful photos. I love doing it despite the naysayers and those that are afraid of doing it themselves. Right now I am continuing on my photographic journey. My style will probably continue to evolve and change over the years. I am looking forward to it. Change and growth is how we live as people. It marks us and shows what we have the potential to be and what we really become. Photography may not be my only passion, but it is one that will be with me for many years to come.<br />
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<b>More Photos just for fun.</b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Multiethnic flock</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You wanna fight?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Leading lines</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">4 heads are better than 1</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Haunted by the news</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Happy pup</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Phantom in the night</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Their silhouettes</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A portrait </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Modeling, but for who?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">No, just no. China has tons of these huge monsters. They are like 2 inches long and sometimes bigger.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A silent prayer?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My girlfriend is getting pretty good with my manual lenses.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I have to climb how many floors?</td></tr>
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So my girlfriend and I arrived in Shenzhen on the 4th of February 2016. After a forty-five minute taxi ride and eight flights of stairs with our suitcases (containing our overweight lives) we were in her brother's apartment and I was having dumpling with her dad. So here I am an American, with very limited chinese, eating with my girlfriend's father, a traditional man and a spendthrift. <br />
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I shot this on my Em5 Mark II with a speedboosted Canon FL 85mm F1.8 that is 3 times my age. This was wide open at f1.2 (after speedboosting). I cross processed it in lightroom and liked both the color and b&w versions. I'll be posting up a full review of this lens eventually. Leave a comment below about which version you like more.<br />
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I have spoken with a lot of people online who seem to think that noise can break an image. They have this idea that m43 is totally unuseable past iso 1600 or 3200. This to me is a bit ridiculous. At is 12800 like the image I have included in this post there is more than enough detail to see whats going on. Its obvious that I took the photo because of the interesting view of two faceless hoods. The image makes sense. Its not the greatest image I've ever taken but the noise has nothing to do with that. Noise does not ruin an image. And m43 at iso 12800 still produces good images. At those iso's it is more important that the other aspects of your photo are technically correct but strong images can still be made. </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07807274663300125694noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4338600972600110994.post-15527992049480585732016-01-26T09:00:00.001-08:002016-01-26T09:00:28.390-08:00What's that light?<p dir="ltr">Dalian China January 2016. While headed to work on the train from my apartment in Jinshitan I saw this girl and her friends talking. I reached my arm holding the flash around her friend and shot through the gap between the 3 of them. It almost looked like I was putting my arm around her friend I'm sure. </p>
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Street photography is a touchy subject for many photographers. It also tends to raise eyebrows from onlookers as well. My friends and family are supportive but rarely seem to understand my desire to photograph complete strangers and my girlfriend has even expressed concern that I will be assaulted for photographing the wrong person. My adoption of Bruce Gildens style of shooting at extremely close range with a flash has not helped the situation. So with so many people concerned about the legalities and safety of street photography why do I do it? Well lets talk about it after the break.</div>
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I got started in street photography pretty soon after I bought my first stills camera (a Panasonic g6). I was living in the small town Texarkana, Texas and I was really excited about having a new camera. I had bought it for video but decided I might as well learn to shoot stills too. I went out and practiced shooting ducks at the park, my sister's kids, our dogs and more but never really found anything that stuck with me. It wasn't until a few months later that I went to Dallas Fort Worth for an acting job that I found something I really liked to photograph. The buildings in a large city like Dallas, and the people there both made for great subjects and I found myself enjoying shooting both. I bought my first fast manual focus lens (a 50mm f1.4 Canon FL) and used it on my g6 with an adapter. I started doing street portraits and started to shoot people candidly. </div>
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I found myself really enjoying my images of people and gravitating towards it more and more. I started to explore the possibility of shooting portraiture but I found my ability to direct people sorely lacking due to my lack of understanding of modeling, and posing. Still I decided to pursue lighting and for a time spent a lot of effort studying the tutorials posted by David Hobby, a famous strobist photographer. While I have learned a lot about lighting, and because of my background in martial arts and gymnastics have a good understanding of the human body, I have still not put any real effort into learning posing. Because it is boring. If I ever continue to pursue posed portraiture I will begin initially with dramatic portraits of predominately male models. Masculine, gritty, raw...but I digress.</div>
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I began to shoot on the streets more and more and by the time I moved to China in 2015 had a decent idea of what I was doing. Once I was in China I was blown away by the hustle and bustle of a chinese city. Even though Dalian is one of China's smaller cities very few places in the U.S.A. can even compare with the sheer number of people. I had street performers, square dancers, bikers, and more as subjects. I was surrounded by people every day and every day have been able to practice my craft. After awhile though I began to feel my shots where missing something. I looked at many of my shots from when I first entered China and I loved them! But, looking at my more recent work I was a bit disappointed in myself. I thought about the enjoyment I had taken from strobist photography and decided that I should try to integrate the two styles. This led to my discovery of Bruce Gilden. </div>
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Bruce Gilden is probably the most famous street photographer alive today. If there are two street photographers everyone knows they are Henry Cartier Bresson and Bruce Gilden. While Bruce did not invent his signature style of shooting at close range with a flash (something done in reportage for decades) he was probably the first person to be willing to get his own face right into the midst of the action at a close distance with COMPLETE strangers. Bruce's subject have varied from the down and out of society, to the famous, to the infamous. He has a particular fondness for photographing gangsters and his shots of the japanese yakuza are very good examples of this. </div>
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Needless to say I loved Bruce's work. Most of it anyways. So I started to experiment with his style myself. I started far away but I kept getting closer, and closer, and closer. If you pictures aren't good enough you aren't close enough, right? In an effort to feel more connection with my subjects I decided to go to a ridiculous distance and began using a 10.5mm lens (21mm in ff equivalent) on my em5 mark II and shoot at an average distance of less than 1 meter. The results have been fantastic for me. I love the shooting process, I love the results, and I love the action. That's why I shoot street.</div>
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This may have been a long post and maybe I was roundabout with my answer, but I shoot street because I like it. I feel like I am capturing images that otherwise would be totally missed because of the social niceties people tend to cling to. I'm capturing a tiny bit of history in the making. Maybe most of it isn't that relevant. But it could be. Thousands of my shots may just be nice photos. But maybe I'll catch that one that carries a significance that will last for decades. Maybe I'll catch the moment. A lot of street photographers talk about the decisive moment. The right moment when everything falls together for a photo. My style doesn't idealize that moment and wait for it. My style is to chase that moment down and if need be make it myself. The decisive moment doesn't happen for every good image. It isn't something you can refine down to an art form or capture repeatedly without talent and luck and a bit of God's blessing. But looking for just that right shot in a mess of human chaos is fun.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07807274663300125694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4338600972600110994.post-87015130354834869892016-01-23T22:53:00.001-08:002016-01-23T22:53:16.315-08:00<p dir="ltr">One great benefit of a wide angle lens with a close focus distance is shown when shooting inside cramped spaces. Here in China trains can be claustrophobic at best but with my 10.5mm noktons and tiny olympus flash off camera I can still keep shooting. Gotta love it.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">For me this move is another step towards the future. I gained another year of acting and stuntman experience in Dalian and have grown for it. My street photography developed and has started to take on its own form and I got to experience several interesting local environments in unique ways. There are many things here In Dalian I have yet to do that I have imagined. Photos that I want to create, places I wanted to visit. Dalian is a large city and I feel that I havent even begun to explore it to its fullest. Still, I am happy for the time I have had in the city and the experience I have had here as well. </p>
<p dir="ltr">Moving to Shenzhen will give me the opportunity to develop my acting and modeling career in new ways, explore new areas, and meet new people. I am excited for the possibility of travel to and from hong Kong on a regular basis and I am also ecstatic to be moving into a even larger urban environment. To add on to my joy there are even parkour and freerunning groups based in Shenzhen which I intend to connect with and work out with. </p>
<p dir="ltr">Shenzhen is the city where I plan to take my photography to the next level and further develop my style while pursuing new aeas of interest including video production for youtube and chinese media sites like youku. My girlfriend and I plan to bring camera, lens, and equipment reviews to youtube, and english training videos to both youtube and chinese media. </p>
<p dir="ltr">To anyone who knows me in Dalian i have enjoyed my time here but its time to move on.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Best regards, Joshua Son</p>
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When it comes to street photography there is alot of debate as to what the best camera choice is. Some guys prefer their dslr's, others their camera phones, and some frown on anyone that doesnt shoot a leica. When it comes down to my money though I know that m43 is the best system for me and my uses. Read more after the break to find out why I think m43 is the best for street photography.<br />
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Street photography is fun and can be very different for different people. For me it is fast paced, dynamic, and fun! When I am shooting on the street I need a camera that is responsive, easy to use, and doesn't take away from my enjoyment in what I am doing. M43 is the system that steps up to the plate and here are the reasons why.<br />
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This isnt exclusive to m43 but they do it very well. EVF's are fantastic and in my opinion far superior to ovf's for street photography. When shooting on the street you dont get a second chance for the exact same photo. Nailing your exposure and composition the first time is absolutely necessary. A well implemented evf has minimal lag, is sharp for judging focus, and shows you what you will get when you press the shutter. The what you see is what you get aspect of an evf is absolutely fantastic for nailing exposure in street photography and evf's are infinitely superior to ovf's for manual focus.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07807274663300125694noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4338600972600110994.post-62574815455026794862015-12-24T18:07:00.001-08:002015-12-24T18:08:18.381-08:00Merry Christmas!<p dir="ltr">Well today is December 25, 2015 and officially my first Christmas spent in China. Sitting here with my girlfriend and eating Ferrero Rocher while writing this. Our plans for the day are simple, we are going to pick up my coat from the dry cleaners and out to eat with a few foreign teachers I know. It's my first Christmas so far from family so it is a bit strange. Christmas here in China is really just a buying holiday. Actually it seems in anything other than small villages all chinese holidays are just commercial. They don't really have the big celebrations I expected. They do a parade for spring festival and small towns get lively during various festivals.</p>
<p dir="ltr">If you are in a bigger city it seems that holidays are reduced to an opportunity to shop. My girlfriend has said the pressure of modern society and the stress is causes for young people has caused many to dislike or even hate all Chinese holidays. The villages are shrinking as students travel away for school and stay in larger cities, and those larger cities are so focused on consumerism that they have lost track of any part of Chinese culture other than shoving people out of the way because they always need to be first. The Chinese have a huge potential to be a culture filled society that other countries look up to, but the rush to match other countries has resulted in a loss of traditional values, a forgptten cultural heritage, and a society where being rude and obnoxious is covered up by the concept of face.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Its sad as a foreigner living in China to see that the development of chinese culture is killing every good and unique thing about chinese culture and leaving only the bad. To anyone that reads this I reccomend that you visit China, I reccomend you do it soon. I also say you should visit smaller towns and villages because that where the real China is, not the lousy North American knockoff that the larger cities are. </p>
<p dir="ltr">I also want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a happy new year!</p>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07807274663300125694noreply@blogger.com0Jinzhou, Jinzhou39.05046 121.78277tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4338600972600110994.post-75060789605430883622015-12-24T01:45:00.001-08:002015-12-24T01:45:31.391-08:00More experiments with street photography and flash<p dir="ltr">This is another experiment where I used a flash on the street. The flash was way off camera and gelled with 2 greens. I had the focus preset on the cat and my exposure already determined. All I had to do was wait for the right moment. The lady walked through my fram and bam! Took the shot. The slow shutter speed made the right half of her blur and semi transparent. The flash froze her front half. I think its a pretty cool effect. Im really enjoying trying to make street photos that look more like a contrived shoot. Give a guy a model and time and he can set up all sorts of cool lights and effects for a portrait shoot. That's what Im trying to do on the street. Everyone is my model and I have all the time in the world because once one model leaves another will be on their way. If you have any questions let me know. I'm more than happy to describe the entire process in detail.</p>
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Joshua <u>Son</u></p>
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Just two examples of how bounce flash on the street can add something special to your photos. Bounced off the metal canopy for creative effect. Shot in Dalian China by Joshua Son.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07807274663300125694noreply@blogger.com0Dalian, Dalian38.914 121.614685tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4338600972600110994.post-26641946242393737962015-12-05T20:51:00.000-08:002015-12-05T20:51:51.241-08:00Is Street Photography Ethical?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Many street photographers publish or sell their work and find themselves and others questioning whether it is right or wrong to profit off of their subjects. This subject comes up even more often when photographing people who are considered "less fortunate".Of course these arguments often ignore the fact that many street photographers help the downtrodden by bringing attention to their plight and rallying support for them.</div>
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What many people fail to realize is that ethics like so many other things are individual in nature. People have their own sets of ethics influenced by their upbringing and life experiences. What is ethical for one is heinous for another. So individually the ethical nature of our photography hinges entirely on the intent and goal of the photographer. If you are trying to take advantage of others then yes you are being unethical. However you can profit off of street photography and still be totally ethical. It is simply in your mindset.</div>
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Consider the work of Bruce Gilden who is the most divisive street photography out there. When people question his work and method they dont just question the way he operates. They question his intent, his goal, his way of thing. A photograph never stands on it's own. The photographer is always standing there with it.</div>
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When it comes to street photography as a whole asking whether or not it is ethical is simply an empty question. Street photography is documentary in nature. It can be likened to writing a history book. It is neither right or wrong to photograph any event on the street or any person. It is simply a recording. It is fact (unless heavily modified so as to no longer represent the actual scene). </div>
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While one may feel bad for photographing the homeless it is not bad to do so. They exist and should be documented. If you find youself having a moral dilemma then next time you decide to photograph the homeless try talking to them and maybe even buy them a meal. They are people like everyone else. They will most likely appreciate the fact you treated them like a real person.</div>
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When you or others begin to question the moral nature of your photography simply remember that street photography has no ethics. It is neither right nor wrong. The photographer is the one with the ethics. If your intent is to record and share and help people with your photography it can be called nothing but good. If your goal is to take a photograph of a homeless person to get more views on instagram then maybe you should rethink your values.</div>
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Doing street photography while walking and talking with a friend may be fun to pass some time. But if you are constantly distracted by twitter, your friend, or your girlfriend, it will be impossible for you to concentrate on the world around you.<br />
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I get it. Your 24-70 f2.8 and 70-200 f2.8 cover practically every shooting situation you might encounter and the bokeh from your 85mm f1.2 is just so beautiful. If you want to do a long exposure of course you need a tripod. What if you want to do some flash work? Might as well bring a few umbrellas just in case right? We are photographers. If you're like me you LOVE your gear. But you don't need to bring every single bit of kit for a photo walk.<br />
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This may sound crazy but take a really wide lens, a powerful handheld flash, and shoot people in the face at point blank range. Meet the favorite technique of street photographer Bruce Gilden.<br />
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Very few have the cajones to replicate his particular method of shooting but there is no doubt that his controversial method creates some great results. Flash can bring a scene to life if you know how to use it. Other methods to try include fill flash and legitimate off camera flash.<br />
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7. <span style="font-size: large;"><b><u>Mix Street With Still Life</u></b></span></div>
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The human element may be an integral part of street photography, but nobody ever said that a human need actually be in the scene. Slow down and look around you. It is very possible to find great still life photographs that can blend very well with your street photography. They may not be amazing photos, but they can help paint a picture.</div>
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8. <span style="font-size: large;"><b><u>Let Fido Into The Picture</u></b></span><br />
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Street photography may typically be concentrated on people, but animals can have their place in it as well. Take a photo walk and instead of the people watch the animals around them. In many cities the animals within the city can provide just as much creative opportunity as the people around them. Animals can have their own culture and way of doing things. Their actions can be unique and interesting especially in countries like China where they are literally everywhere. So have a shot at these complex and interesting fluff-balls, they usually don't mind a picture or two.<br />
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9. <span style="font-size: large;"><b><u>Homeless People ARE PEOPLE!!</u></b></span></div>
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I am not totally opposed to taking photos of the homeless and crippled. In fact I encourage it. Acting like they aren't there and ignoring them during our photographic endeavors isn't nice. It is a condescending insult. However I am opposed to people treating them like they are some sort of aliens or monsters. Photographers all too often take a photograph of a homeless or downtrodden individual then run away with their lens tucked between their legs as if they are afraid the man missing an arm and leg is going to suddenly eat their face.<br />
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The homeless are people. They have stories. It is fine for you to take photographs of the homeless or crippled. But if you can't even manage a simple thank you, if you don't have the human decency to throw a few dollars into their bucket, if you can't have a conversation with them like any other person then you need to put the camera away and come back when you can. They are a part of life, reality. They deserve to be documented. What they don't deserve are heartless snapshooters pointing a camera in their face and then running away from them as if they were a circus freak.<br />
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10. <span style="font-size: large;"><b><u>Don't Get Your Head Stuck Up Your Rear</u></b></span><br />
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Street photography is great. It really is. I love street photography and it is my go to photo passion with a side of strobist work (still trying to work out how to combine the two). But don't let street photography go to your head. Don't be one of those street photographers who is so full of himself and his craft that you start thinking that street is the greatest achievement of photography and that it is high art, deriding any photo or composition that you feel doesn't tell you some magical story that in fact is dependent on each individual viewer. Those guys are jokes. You do not want to be that guy. That guy is a subpar photographer who spends his time on internet forums rather than out taking pictures. DO NOT BE THAT GUY!!!<br />
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Go out and shoot, try new things. Don't just do street, learn still life, learn architecture, learn landscape, learn portraiture. You will be a better photographer for it, a better street photographer, and probably less of a snobby jerk.<br />
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So thats my list for the top ten guidelines to improve your street photography. Rules of composition, objects, of interest, etc are very photographer dependent. Everyone has their own style and should embrace that. I won't tell you how to take shots like mine or anyone else's. What I will do is give you suggestions that can help you develop a mind that is open and capable of growing. I hope you enjoyed them.<br />
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What gear do you need for street photography?<br />
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This is a pretty common question and depending on who you ask you will get different answers. But since you are here and asking me I'll give you a run down of the options so you can decide which one works best for you.<br />
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First things first, you can use any camera for street photography. Your phone, a dslr, a mirrorless camera. Anything will do.<br />
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With that being said there are obviously advantages to each one. For street photography you want a camera you can carry all day, use without drawing alot of attention to yourself, get good quality in most situations, and operate quickly with manual controls. I choose a m43 camera for its combination of sophisticated features, very good image quality, and small system size with great manual control. Here are the other options.<br />
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1. <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Cell Phones</b></span><br />
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</b></span> Your cell phone is probably a very capable device. Most have a wide angle lens, more than 10 megapixels, and give very good image quality when there is alot of light. You always have it with you, its small and pretty discrete, and you can upload or share images instantly. However, they have very small sensors and become very noisy in low light. They also suffer from offering only one focal length unless you buy add on lenses. Still the best camera is the one you have with you.<br />
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Pros:<br />
-Small<br />
-Discrete<br />
-Good image quality in bright light<br />
-Connectivity<br />
-Always with you<br />
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Cons:<br />
-Bad image quality in low light<br />
-small sensor means no dof control<br />
-most smartphones lag when taking photos<br />
-Overall image quality is not as good as dedicated cameras<br />
-fixed focal length<br />
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2. <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Point and Shoot Cameras</b></span><br />
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Point and shoot cameras are the next step up from a cell phone. They have larger sensors, more megapixels, a bit more manual control, and they usually offer a long zoom range. Overall point and shoots are more flexible than their cell phone counterparts.<br />
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Pros:<br />
-long zoom ranges<br />
-pocketable<br />
-more manual control than most phones<br />
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Cons:<br />
-image quality not much better than a phone<br />
-sensor is small and lenses are usually slow.<br />
-low light image quality is not good<br />
-not as well connected as the cell phone. Harder to upload images.<br />
-You might not bring it when you have your phone available<br />
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3. <span style="font-size: large;"><b>High end fixed lens compact</b></span><br />
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They are sleeker, faster, better quality, and waaay sexier. High end fixed lens compacts like the Panasonic lx100k or the Sony RX100 series are fantastic. They have high quality lenses, large sensors, and all the manual control you could want. Sizes range from m43 cameras like the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00GORMJTI/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00GORMJTI&linkCode=as2&tag=strsmapho-20&linkId=MP27TS4DUBO5J3ZB" rel="nofollow">Panasonic Lx100k</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=strsmapho-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B00GORMJTI" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> to the 35mm <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00ZDWGM34/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00ZDWGM34&linkCode=as2&tag=strsmapho-20&linkId=I54C2JS6B3ZP4IXV" rel="nofollow">Sony RX100 IV</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=strsmapho-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B00ZDWGM34" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00ZRS5UXM/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00ZRS5UXM&linkCode=as2&tag=strsmapho-20&linkId=D4CAHXNRNHZPEENO" rel="nofollow">Leica's Q </a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=strsmapho-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B00ZRS5UXM" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /><br />
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Of these three great options both the Panasonic and the Sony offer 4k video. They all have built in viewfinders as well. The Panasonic and Sony offer high quality 24-70mm equivalent lenses with the Leica Q offering a very fast 28mm f1.7 fixed focal length lens.<br />
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Pros:<br />
-High image quality<br />
-Great manual controls<br />
-Good build quality<br />
-Sexy<br />
-Great lenses<br />
-Great quality video!<br />
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Cons:<br />
-Larger than Point and shoot cameras<br />
-Lenses are not interchangeable, you get what you paid for and that's it.<br />
-Not as flexible as interchangeable lens cameras<br />
-Not as well connected as a smartphone<br />
-Lenses not as fast as those offered for ILC. (Interchangeable Lens Cameras)<br />
-Can be expensive when ILC's are available for the same price or even lower.<br />
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4.<span style="font-size: large;"><b> 35MM DSLR'S/Mirrorless</b></span><br />
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These are the current beasts of image quality in the photography world. They are fast, high quality, and expensive. Having lots of lens options means you can change your kit to suit your type of photography and your specific needs. If you need the absolute best image quality you can get without spending a small fortune on a medium format digital camera then 35mm DSLR'S are what you want. Kind of.<br />
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These all use a pentaprism design. That means they have a mirror inside that lets you see your shot through the viewfinder. Because the lenses and the camera have to be designed with this mirror in mind they are typically very big cameras. While 35mm Film slr's were not very big their digital descendants have come to look like hulking monsters. Don't believe me? A Canon 5d Mark III weighs over 2lbs with the battery inserted and without a lens. My Canon AE1 Film SLR weighs less than that with a 50mm f1.4 attached. A Mirrorless 35mm Camera like the Sony A7rII is smaller, however lenses are just as large as for the dslr's.<br />
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Because they are large and dslrs are generally associated with professional photography dslrs tend to draw alot of attention. They are hard to be discrete with and may make you even more unwelcome in some situations. The image quality may also not be worth the size, expense, and weight of the system.<br />
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Pros:<br />
-Best Quality within a reasonable price<br />
-Great autofocus speed<br />
-huge selection of lenses available<br />
-35mm systems are offered by Canon, Nikon, Sony, Leica, and soon Pentax<br />
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Cons:<br />
-Large and heavy<br />
-May be difficult for people with small hands to operate<br />
-Very Expensive<br />
-Each manufacturers system is supported by that manufacturer alone. Only Canon makes EOS cameras. Only Nikon makes Nikon compatible cameras etc, The Sony A7 cameras can use Canon or Nikon lenses but is limited in its operation somewhat. This is being improved with each new model.<br />
-Not very discrete. Most dslr's<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-color: white;"> </span></span>draw attention very quickly and are easily noticed. This can make street photography a bit more difficult.<br />
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5.<span style="font-size: large;"><b> M43 Mirrorless</b></span><br />
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My personal choice.<br />
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The m43 system offers a variety of cameras, lenses, and body manufacturers that all work together. You can take the lens off of a Panasonic GH4, and put it right onto a Black Magic Cinema Camera, then right onto an Olympus OMD EM-1. They all use a standard mount so all lenses produced for m43 work on all bodies with only one or two exceptions. The largest m43 cameras are still quite small compared to the majority of 35mm offerings and in many circumstances the image quality will be very similar. The overall quality is not quite as good as a 35mm camera but is still very good and in return you get a much smaller system overall. The lenses are almost all fantastic as well.<br />
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M43 cameras all use constant live view technology. This means that what you see on the screen or in the viewfinder is the same as the image you get. For street shooting where you don't get a second chance at the same shot this is very valuable. With a dslr you can only trust the metering of the camera to provide you with the exposure you wanted. Mirrorless cameras also do manual focus much better than any dslr.<br />
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Olympus and Panasonic both offer cameras with I.B.I.S. (In body Image Stabilization) allowing you to use any lens you can get on the camera with high quality stabilization.<br />
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The combination of great quality, small size, affordable high quality lenses, speed, ibis, live view operation, and multiple manufacturers supporting one system makes m43 my choice for the best value and the camera system best suited to the streets.<br />
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My personal kit consists of the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00S6DBM2S/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00S6DBM2S&linkCode=as2&tag=strsmapho-20&linkId=UHV5MSP2OKMCALKE" rel="nofollow">Olympus E-M5 Mark II</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=strsmapho-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B00S6DBM2S" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />, the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00IGQV17Q/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00IGQV17Q&linkCode=as2&tag=strsmapho-20&linkId=FWMCZ3FVRTD4CPDK" rel="nofollow">Voigtlander Nokton 25mm f/0.95</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=strsmapho-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B00IGQV17Q" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /><br />
, the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B010EK78CI/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B010EK78CI&linkCode=as2&tag=strsmapho-20&linkId=MPVDRGL7MUEX6E4B" rel="nofollow">Voigtlander Nokton 10.5mm F0.95</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=strsmapho-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B010EK78CI" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />, and a Canon FL 85mm F1.8 film lens which I have adapted to m43 with a speedbooster.<br />
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Pros:<br />
-Smaller than a dslr<br />
-Great image quality<br />
-Large selection of great lenses<br />
-Live view in the viewfinder<br />
-In body image stabilization is much better than alternatives<br />
-A number of great features offered by Panasonic and Olympus like 4k, live composite, live bulb, focus stacking and more.<br />
-6 different camera manufacturers and counting<br />
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Cons:<br />
-The largest models are nearly as big as the Sony a7 models (before lenses are added), however there are much smaller models.<br />
-Only the recent models from Panasonic and the Olympus em1 have good c-af and tracking. However these models are very good.<br />
-12 bit raw not 14 bit. Won't be noticeable 99% of the time but worth mentioning.<br />
-In some situations less dof control than a 35mm camera. Not a big difference but again worth mentioning.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>So that's it for the cameras, what about lenses?</b></span><br />
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Well if you choose an interchangeable lens camera like a m43 camera or a dslr you have to decide on what lenses to use. Most street shooters will tell you to use a normal or semi wide lens for your street shooting. This is because lenses in the semi wide or normal range are pretty close to the way we see naturally and help create the feeling of being where the photographer was. I will tell you the same thing. As part of your kit you should have one lens in the normal range. It is a solid foundation to build on and if you want you can shoot everything with that one lens. Henry Cartier Bresson did almost all his photography with a 50mm lens on his Leica rangefinder.<br />
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I'm not as uptight as others though. I think it is ok to play with your focal lengths. If you are shy and not used to the streets yet you might want to try a portrait length lens. It gives you some more space from your subjects. If you want to squeeze everything into a shot and really make people feel like they are able to touch the subjects you might want to use an ultra wide lens. My point is that the lens you use should work for you. While the 35mm (for a 35mm dslr, its 17.5 with m43) and 50mm (25mm) lenses are consider the classic focal lengths you can go wider or narrower as long as it suits your personality and photographic vision. Start with the classics, but don't be afraid to branch off and try other things.<br />
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I do prefer prime lenses for street photography. You become intimately familiar with your field of view and can begin to see potential shots. You learn to work with that one focal length very well. It will make your street photography faster, easier, and more consistent than a zoom.<br />
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I also prefer manual focus lenses. This is a personal preference however it can benefit others as well. When shooting with a manual focus lens (or at least with an auto focus lens and the camera set to manual) you have to be more aware to catch a shot. You are responsible for focus, settings adjustments, etc. No camera to blame. Shooting manual lenses forces you to get your mind in the game and make street shooting your primary concern for the outing. You will be more focused and miss less opportunities. If you don't want to use manual focus at least use manual settings on the camera. It will make a difference in your photography.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">W</span>hat is street photography?</b><br />
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Street photography is a form of photography that is difficult to define and even more difficult to agree on. While it contains the same basic components of all other forms of photography is still stands apart as its own art form. While a traveler or tourist may employ many of the same techniques as a street photographer there is a clear difference between the two as far as dedication to the discipline goes.<br />
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A street photographer is one who goes out with the intention of documenting the life of the people, animals, and streets around him as they interact with eachother. A street photograph is a photograph that captures and records these moments of interaction.<br />
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While this may sound simple or like what every other photographer does it is actually quite a bit more complex than you might think. A tourist, traveler, snapshooter, may take an image on the street of an interesting interaction. It can be a very good photograph. It may contain many elements of what we consider to be street photography. It is, however, not a street photo. In this example the photo is a product of the recording of an interaction in passing. It was a moment that said to the photographer "Hi, I'd make a good shot.", a street photo however is different in that the objective of taking photos is to look for those moments in everyday life. Simply put there is little difference technically in a street photograph and photograph made by a tourist on the street. The difference is the goal and intent of the person behind the camera.<br />
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A street photographers goal and intent is to learn to see the world and streets in a specific way, to see the beauty and even the story behind it and capture those moments for others to see. A photographer of a different type may see these moments occasionally outside of their field, but a street photographee sees them as part of his particular craft and in time learns to predict the behaviour patterns of people, letting him see a street scene unfold in his mind before it happens.<br />
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So the first thing that you should know is that street photography is not a product, it is not a technique, it is not even a specific skill. Street photography is a mindset useful for those people that want to document the streets.<br />
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As street photographers we must develop skills, and a mindset that allows us to capture more of what we want. In fact without the right mindset it is difficult for most people to take any street photos to begin with! A street photographer must develop:<br />
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1. A photographic eye, an eye for composition, color etc. Learn a few basic composition rules, look at alot of good examples of photos, and most importantly practice taking the types of photos you want to make!!<br />
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2. A goal, what is the point of your street photography? It can be as simple as you like the way street scenes look. Without a goal your photography is aimless and your quality suffers. You have a photographic eye, but you need to give it some direction.<br />
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3. The confidence to take a stranger's picture. While you can, and sometimes should, use a long focal length most street photos benefit from a normal or wide angle lens. The fov and distortion at these angles is better at giving a viewer a feeling of being at the scene.<br />
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While you can be a good distance with a normal lens like 25mm on m43 or 50mm on a 35mm camera if you move to a 28mm or wider you will begin to get very far into peoples personal space. One of my favorites is my 10.5mm Voigtlander and I have to stand within a few feet of people for what is nearly a full body shot!<br />
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These wide angles squeeze alot into a scene and can make it difficult to get a good composition, but they can also give you some very dramatic and powerful perspectives due to their ability to draw viewers into a scene and make them feel like they are there.<br />
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If you want these wide dramatic perspectives you need to get comfortable being close to people and taking photos occasionally right in their face. It can be a bit unnerving at first but it is part of the mindset development I mentioned earlier.<br />
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4. A camera. Any camera will do. It can be a phone, a tablet, a m43 camera, or a 35mm dslr. It is up to you. All have their own advantages and disadvantages.<br />
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With these things you are on your way to becoming a street photographer or just generally improving your documentary photography. Next time we will talk about ways to improve your courage for street photography.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07807274663300125694noreply@blogger.com0