Walkabout Lens

Using the Voigtlander Color Skopar 21mm lens on the Olympus Pen E-PL1 has converted it's focal view into an equivalent of 42 mm normal lens because of the 2X crop factor of the small micro 4/3 sensor. This lens, nevertheless, is very good for walkabout and street photography. It’s excellent depth of field is very effective for zone focusing and quick grab shots.

Canon 50mm F1.8 LTM Lens

The Look

Trying the Canon 50mm f 1.8 LTM lens on the Oly E-PL1.

Adapted Lenses

There are some occasions I wanted to shoot with a digital camera but I don't want to bother with my big DSLRs so I picked up a pre-owned Olympus Pen E-PL1. Since it's an older model micro 4/3 digital camera, this model now sells for a bargain. The E-PL1 is compact like my rangefinder film cameras but produces fine images comparable to my DSLR images. The 14-42mm kit lens that came with it handles low light well with minimal pixel noise. Another thing I like about it is that I could also use practically any other lens with it via lens mount adapters. The lens adapters are readily available and are very inexpensive at eBay. I bought a M42 and a L39 screwmount adapters so I could try my Leica tread mount and Pentax Takumar lenses. The image of the car model above was shot with my Jupiter-8 50 mm f2 lens and the pencils was shot with my Takumar 55 mm f1.8 lens both at f2.8. This camera is good for complimenting my film cameras without having to carry too much gear.

Thinking of Painting Soon

Before photography, my passion was painting. I hope to pick up my brushes again soon.

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year to everyone! May you all be more prosperous, healthy and peaceful and please be kind to the Planet this year!

Fun with iPhone Camera

The fun thing with iPhone cameras are the many Apps you can use to achieve different looks with your photos.