{"id":3582,"date":"2010-07-29T22:53:50","date_gmt":"2010-07-29T12:53:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ayton.id.au\/wp02\/?p=3582"},"modified":"2010-07-29T23:25:28","modified_gmt":"2010-07-29T13:25:28","slug":"the-olympus-om-135mm-f2-8-on-micro-four-thirds-a-nice-compact-combination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ayton.id.au\/wp02\/?p=3582","title":{"rendered":"The Olympus OM 135mm f\/2.8 on Micro Four Thirds – a nice, compact combination!"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Micro Four Thirds camera system<\/a> is getting some very nice lenses, but in the telephoto range, there are still none faster than f\/5.6 at the 135mm native focal length although there is a Lumix 100-300mm f\/4-5.6 OIS\u00a0 coming next year which will give ~f\/4.0.<\/p>\n

You can use a Four Thirds ZD 50-200mm f\/2.8-3.5 or the superb ZD 150mm f\/2.0 lens, but neither will AF on GH-1, and will AF slowly on an Olympus Micro Four Thirds, not to mention, they are both really too large for this format camera.<\/p>\n

Here is where the beautiful compact Olympus OM lenses can come in (even better if you have an Olympus camera so they become image stabilised).<\/p>\n

The Olympus OM 135mm f\/2.8<\/strong> has become a permanent fixture in my Micro Four Thirds walk-a-round kit as it gives you 2 extra stops of aperture compared to the Lumix 14-140mm HD lens which allows faster shutter speeds to stop moving subjects better, allow lower ISO for low light video on a tripod, and allow more background blurring.<\/p>\n

Here are a few examples of it hand held on the Panasonic GH-1<\/strong>, and thus without image stabilisation, all at f\/2.8<\/strong>, no sharpening or cropping:<\/p>\n

Sleeping on the edge:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"seagulls\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Sulphuric acid and the peacock:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"peacock\"<\/a><\/p>\n

African musician at Melbourne’s Moomba festival:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"musician\"<\/a><\/p>\n

And to test the bokeh<\/strong>, it does quite well with annoying background highlights with minimal hard ringing:<\/p>\n

\"tree<\/a><\/p>\n

If you do not wish to have 270mm equivalent focal length field of view in your hand at f\/2.8<\/strong>, you can opt for the slightly smaller, but easier to hand hold without IS, the Olympus OM 100mm f\/2.8:<\/p>\n

The Olympus OM 100mm f\/2.8 with OM-EOS adapter on a EOS-M43 adapter (yep, that gives 200mm field of view at f\/2.8 – now that’s what I’m talking about for compact size!):<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"OM100mm\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Memo to Panasonic and Olympus: PLEASE give us a compact telephoto with wide aperture, and if it is a Lumix, it will need to have OIS – in fact why not make a 100mm f\/2.0-2.8 macro OIS and a 150mm f\/2.8 OIS.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Micro Four Thirds camera system is getting some very nice lenses, but in the telephoto range, there are still none faster than f\/5.6 at the 135mm native focal length although there is a Lumix 100-300mm f\/4-5.6 OIS\u00a0 coming next year which will give ~f\/4.0. You can use a Four Thirds ZD 50-200mm f\/2.8-3.5 or […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[18,42],"class_list":["post-3582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lenses","tag-four-thirds-micro","tag-om-lens"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t