Excellent Olympus M.Zuiko 45mm f1.8

Since I have the Olympus 60mmf2.8 macro, I always like to sell the 45mm away as it seems the 60mm can do portraits too. However, I still love the 45mm's physical size, image output (brillant bokeh), fast Autofocus for candid shots and sharpness.

I was attending a friend's wedding after work. With OM-d (without grip) and 20mm + 45mm combo, I can easy slipped the equipment into my briefcase. That can't be done with a DSLR setup.

The images this combo can output is impressive too. The mirrorless system is really a joy to use.

Haze- No shooting for the time being

Singapore is experiencing the worst air pollution from the burning of forests in our neighboring country Indonesia. The PSI (pollutant index) has crossed 400 today. It is considered hazardous. Never we have seen such high index. The last worst pollution was in 1997 which peak about 150.

With this, I have to stay indoors most of the time and only travel when necessary (meeting clients etc).
For photography, it is time to stop. I use my free time to clear unwanted photos in the harddisk and doing house keeping.

Here is one photo I found worthy to post.
Hope the haze will go away soon. I will be back.

Manual focus with Nikkor 85mm f1.8

This 1977 lens was adapted to my Olympus OM-D recently. I soon find it that it is one of my favorite lens.  Although I find the manual focus may be slower, but with practice, it seems  to be able to capture the moments as per auto focus too. I uses the 2x magnifier or the 5x manual focus assist on the OM-D.

Due to the 85mm(170mm in 35mm for m4/3) focal length and wide aperture, the images it produce is quite outstanding. It is longer than my 45mm or 60mm.  I love fixed-focal length as it force me to see my objects as per the lens character.

100% crop from the above. Shot at wide open

Why I enjoy Macro

 

Making my way to nature photography is always a fun thing to do. Nice cool morning is my favourite timing of the day.The smell of fresh air in the tropical rain forest makes my day. With a light weight camera setup like m4/3 with impressive image output really complete my photography joy.