Ortigas in the country side

[Antonio Correia]

MFT Panasonic GX7 with 20mmm f/1.7 lens
I like this camera. Small, compact, lots of features and... sharp.
Hope to add a zoom to it soon.

[Shadowman]

Nice capture, enjoy the gear.

[bnnrcn]

Very nice presentation.

[Antonio Correia]

Thank you John and Binnur !
I like this camera you know... small (perhaps a bit too small), lots of features, silent action and sufficient quality for A3+ prints if correctly exposed and worked.
This one was made handheld and with focus picking !

[Manfred M]

I have the same camera and have developed a love / hate relationship with it. I bought it for our 2-month backpacking trip to South Asia, so small size and weight were the main criteria. As I already owned a couple of mFT lenses (14-140mm and 100-300mm) for my video camera, it came down to Olympus or Panasonic, so that I could save a bit of money there. I should have bought the 20mm lens you have too; perhaps I will pick that up at some point.

I find that, at reasonable ISO settings I can get excellent images; so I try to shoot at or below ISO 800. It is not well suited for action photography as the autofocus is a bit slow compared to my DSLR.

I think you have identified the main "flaw" with it when you say "perhaps a bit too small". What I find that the buttons and controls are too small for my hands (which are not at all large), so it is too easy to accidentally knock something to the wrong setting. I've definitely missed some shots because of that. I found that Olympus had even worse ergonomics (for me), so in spite of some issues, it is my "go to" camera when I head off on a hike.

[Antonio Correia]

Thank you Manfred !
Last year when I was in US, I was borrowed an Olympus zoom which I found to be very versatile - of course 24-70 ! - which I am hoping to buy some time soon.
With the right exposure I have made very nice images. It is light and one can have the focus picking quite easily pulling back the front ring.

I love - because it is so beautiful - the Zuiko 17mm f/1.8
I read some reviews about it and I am fascinated. However, I can't afford - at least for now - to buy both lenses.
Less bulky and very discreet mainly if in black. A super lens for city photography.

[selig1656]

Two terrific lenses , Zuiko is on the expensive side for their PRO series , they are great quality. I have an Olympus E-620 and it has served me well.It is a shame that their are not a larger pool of lenses for the 4/3 cameras, not to sure on Sigma as an alternative .

[Antonio Correia]

I have posted this before.
The lens used was the zoom one.

[Chri5]

Your images are crisp and sharp and as bnnrcn has said very nice presentation.

[Antonio Correia]

Original and final. GX 7 + Lumix 20mm f/1.7

[Antonio Correia]

Original and final with GX7 + Olympus 75mm f/1.8 Another beauty !
Superb !

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[Antonio Correia]

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[Antonio Correia]

... bnnrcn ...

and bnnrcn stands for ?! Even Google doesn't know

Presentation is something one must care about ! Consistent and coherent presentation values our work !

[Antonio Correia]

Again with

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I did not clean the noise.

@ 100 %

No more, no more

[Manfred M]

Antonio - the reviews suggest the quality of both the Olympus and Panasonic Lumix lenses are quite close.

I would hesitate to recommend Olympus lenses for your camera because these lenses are designed for in-body stabilization, where as the Panasonic lenses use in lens stabilization. While the GX7 does have rudimentary in-body stabilization, all reports suggest it is nowhere nearly as good as the Olympus (at best 1eV).

The in lens stabilization is one reason (of several) reasons I went for a Panasonic, rather than camera Olympus body; knowing that means I will not be buying any Olympus lenses, unless they are fairly wide angle ones..

[Antonio Correia]

Manfred how can I thank you for such a precious information ?

I have read before about the built-in stabilization but I was stubborn on Olympus.

Panasonic is 12-35 while Olympus is 12-40 being the later a "nicier" lens ! But what the hack !

Panasonic comes with lenswood where Olympus insists on charging their customers for this important piece !

The ring for focus picking in Olympus is nice to use. But the same results can be obtained just for rotating the focus ring on the Panasonic lens. I am correct am I not ?

I already do focus picking just for rotating the focus ring.

Thank you Manfred !

[mknittle]

Interesting presentation António, looks like you have worked out a good combination for your camera

[Brownbear]

Hi Antonio,

I adore all of your images, but in this set the snowy images of Donner Lake and the abandoned convent are especially exquisite!

[mknittle]

I live only 60 miles from Donner lake

[Manfred M]

The ring for focus picking in Olympus is nice to use. But the same results can be obtained just for rotating the focus ring on the Panasonic lens. I am correct am I not ?

You are indeed correct; the Lumix lenses do have a manual focus ring. While I will sometimes use manual focus, I tend to use a small centre point and back-button focus lock for most of my work on th GX7. I don't like the Panasonic implementation of single point focus, so I use a simple workaround.