Old glass macros

[bredman]

Hello all.

All the following were shot on the OM-D, with the Olympus OM 90mm f2 macro (1:2 macro but with the crop factor). The OM-D looks fantastic with old manual lenses attached . All were at the closest focus possible, hand-held, and OOC with a little cropping. Despite it's lack of modern sharpness, this lens is lovely, and a capable performer.

The dof just slipped away a fraction with this one. Cropped slightly. f8.



Bluebottle -- cropped slightly



This one took a while to get with such a shallow dof. f2.8, SOOC and not cropped.



This one i like a lot, cropped by about 50%, it was a very small garden spider and i wanted a shallow dof, again at f2.8.

[StephenL]

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I'm well impressed!

[Phill D]

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That old lens is certainly working well on the EM-5. Nice sharpness and lovely bokeh.

[bredman]

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Thanks for looking in guys, i'm pleased you like them.

I'm loving this lens, and the wind has died, so i'm off out.

[Bikie John]

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Glad you've got it working OK Pete - stunning results too!

Ciao ... John

[ringneck]

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Wow I can't believe these...sheer quality.

[Cathrine Stephansen]

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Love the detail and DOF. But especially the colur tones of the backgrounds. Very pretty.

[bredman]

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Thanks for the kind comments Keith and Cathrine, i'm pleased you like them.

Glad you've got it working OK Pete - stunning results too!

Hi John. Yes this is a great lens, if slightly overpriced currently. It's a good thing to get these things out of those dusty cupboards, and unused collections, and get them working again.

[David M]

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I think the secondhand prices are so high because it's a well regarded lens that was never common. I had one on order for 8 months before giving up on getting one.