{"id":459,"date":"2008-11-14T15:49:06","date_gmt":"2008-11-14T05:49:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ayton.id.au\/wp02\/?p=459"},"modified":"2008-11-16T08:39:25","modified_gmt":"2008-11-15T22:39:25","slug":"superman-fails-opportunistic-photojournalism-with-om-200mm-lens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ayton.id.au\/wp02\/?p=459","title":{"rendered":"Superman fails! Opportunistic photojournalism with OM 200mm lens"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was on a brief holiday sojourn to Lorne, one of our beautiful coastal resort towns in Victoria, Australia when a car burst into flames in the main shopping strip just as I arrived.<\/p>\n

I quickly parked the car at a safe distance and grabbed my Olympus E510 and Olympus OM 200mm f\/4 manual focus lens to give a nice 400mm effective focal length so I could keep my distance and still get close shots.<\/p>\n

None of these shots have been cropped or PS – just resized for the web. Click on the photos to see a 1000 pixel wide version.<\/p>\n

In this shot it appears like the guy in the white shirt is asking superman why isn’t he putting the fire out – I will let you work out a version of the story line.<\/p>\n

\"where<\/a>\t<\/p>\n

and moving in a bit closer….<\/p>\n

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

oh.. and in case you are wondering, the guy is wearing a surf wet suit – the surf beach is only about 100m from the shops.<\/p>\n

and the Country Fire Authority (CFA) arrive and the Captain watches his female junior carefully as she does a great job in putting it out.<\/p>\n

\"fire<\/a>.<\/p>\n

More photos of this event can be found here.<\/a><\/p>\n

More photos of use of the OM 200mm lens on an E510 can be found here.<\/a><\/p>\n

For those who can’t afford the wonderful but big, relatively expensive Olympus ZD 50-200mm SWD lens, and can manage with manual focus, the Olympus OM 200mm f\/4 lens works very well and is quite compact and light. Of course, with the Olympus E510\/520\/E30\/E3, image stabilisation is provided. Although I do not have one, it would be worth getting an adapter with a AF-confirm chip on it to assist with manual focus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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