🌟Feel free to jump into any part of the video that you need: 00:00 Intro 02:48 Panasonic Lumix 35-100mm f/2.8 photo session 10:11 Panasonic Lumix 35-100mm f/2.8 observation and thoughts 12:44 Olympus 45mm f/1.8 photo session 17:40 Olympus 45mm f/1.8 observation and thoughts 19:34 Olympus 75mm f/1.8 photo session 25:09 Olympus 75mm f/1.8 observation and thoughts 26:56 Conclusion, which lens is right for you?
Great video, I like the fact you put many samples 👍, for family portrait I use the 16mm sigma 1.4, the Oly 25 and 45 1.8, the 7art macro 60mm and sometimes 100 300mm lumix. The one I use most is the 45mm 1.8 followed by the 25 or 16.
Thank you Philippe for the kind comment! Great setup you have right there, 45 1.8 is quite a versatile portrait lens, and both 25 and 16 will give you a perfect environmental portrait focal length. Cheers!
Thanks for the video. Since I do not do a lot of portrait work with micro 4/3, the only lens I own is the Olympus 45mm. If I need something longer, I use adapted 85mm or 105mm lenses.
I remember watching this a year ago and being a boke snob thinking f2.8 wasn't good enough. But i've calmed down a lot in my photography journey and f2.8 is perfectly fine with the 35-100mm being my preferred light travel/adventure lens. it's silly going to location and not seeing any background, but even f2.8 on m43 can blow away a background at 100mm, so the option is still there. at 25mm/50mmEquiv I do usually need lower than f2.8 *However The sigma 56mm f1.4 and Oly 25mm f1.2 would still be my go to's for a wedding, as it can get dark real quick, and even those aren't ideal in some night time celebrations. It's good to have a full frame emergency low light cam off the side unless there is a strong enough light to work with.
Thank you for sharing your experience regarding bokeh, that is really an eye opening. I am currently phasing in and out of the bokeh-snob phase too, but then again, most of the time 2.8 is enough. Cheers!
I have all these lens. I say the same thing you just said. I do weddings I like the 35-100 f2.8 for weddings better but if I have to pack light then its the Olympus 75mm f1.8 if I'm just bring one bag.
Hello Gary and thanks for this video which has a different set up and format (among others outdoors!) compared to many other of your videos. Unfortunately I am not much of a portrait photographer (I have no family member who graciously volunteers like Nora did for you). If I were going to take portraits then I would probably use the Panasonic Lumix 42.5 f1.7, which I have, and go for three quarter or whole body since a head shot might feel too close for the subject. I do not have the other lenses you mention 😃. Please keep up the good work and enthusiasm on your channel.
Hello Joe, thank you so much for the kind comment! Same here, I don't often take portraits of my family, and Nora was kind enough to volunteer for the video 😀. That Lumix 42.5mm f1.7 is a great lens, should you ever need to shoot portrait then that lens will definitely do a great job! Thanks again Joe 😊
For beginners on a budget my I suggest the Olympus OM Zuiko 50mm? it's a vintage lens I use all the time, I inherited mine from my mom but it's very cheap on ebay, lens plus MFT adapter could cost you around 50/60 dollars
I'm very curious to see a comparison of the Olympus 75mm 1.8 vs the Panasonic 85mm 1.8. They are comparable in price and I haven't seen any comparison video on the internet, sadly.
They are not equal lenses for comparison, the Panasonic 85mm is a Full Frame L mount, not a Micro 4/3 mount like the Olympus 75mm f1.8. Yes you can use adapters to adapt the Pan 85mm on Micro 4/3, but it will either give an entirely different field of view, or becomes soft due to less than ideal sensor-lens coverage.
I have both 45 mm and 75 mm, and I want to give you the right, that 45 is best for ½-body portraits and 75 is perfect for mug-shots. May I ask why you are constantly counting to 3 - why not just take some more pictures to capture the right expression? Besides, I'm very jealous - having a beautiful and 'willing' model is something I miss.
Hello Mogens Jaeger, thank you for the comment! I count to three simply because people here where I live sometimes do that when taking pictures of other people, it's a reflex up to this point 😆 plus I don't usually do portrait photography. Thank you once again!
Hi mate, I have recently purchased a lumix g85 with 12-60mm kit lens but I m not very happy because it's not very good in low light and also so much less Bokeh,. Mainly I m using g85 for TH-cam videos and wedding like events for photos and videos and now I m considering sigma 16mm 1.4, so what's ur opinion because it's very nicely build, very nice in low light plus Bokeh and if in future if I switch to sony this lens also be usable for me and again I can also use it with panasonic full frame etc with added crop, plz gave reply as fast as possible 🔥
Sorry for the late response! I don't think you can interchange the Sigma 16mm f1.4 from MFT to full frame because they have different lens mount. You can get the FF version of the 16 1.4 and get an adapter if you want, but I don't think it is an efficient setup.
Sharpest might be the Sigma 56mm. The Olympus ( maybe a Sigma ) 75mm lens is sharp & made in Japan, using DXOmark as reference it is sharp. But then again, there is more to life than sharpness. That Olympus 45mm is just awesome, as it is small, renders so nicely, and is light in weight and light on the pocketbook. The Lumix 30mm macro is a sharp lens.
Mas lain kali nangkapnya di tempat yang shady aja. Jangan langsung berhadapan sama harsh light dari matahari gitu, agak blinding dan overexpose. Gak bagus videonya.
@@Gary_W Sama-sama mas. Kamu tetap bisa bidik kayak gitu, tapiii atur lagi shutterspeed dan ISO-nya dan sekaligus bukaan lensanya. It's not even called too shiny anymore, tapi memang fotona bland dan gak bagus. But great video anyway.
🌟Feel free to jump into any part of the video that you need:
00:00 Intro
02:48 Panasonic Lumix 35-100mm f/2.8 photo session
10:11 Panasonic Lumix 35-100mm f/2.8 observation and thoughts
12:44 Olympus 45mm f/1.8 photo session
17:40 Olympus 45mm f/1.8 observation and thoughts
19:34 Olympus 75mm f/1.8 photo session
25:09 Olympus 75mm f/1.8 observation and thoughts
26:56 Conclusion, which lens is right for you?
Great video, I like the fact you put many samples 👍, for family portrait I use the 16mm sigma 1.4, the Oly 25 and 45 1.8, the 7art macro 60mm and sometimes 100 300mm lumix. The one I use most is the 45mm 1.8 followed by the 25 or 16.
Thank you Philippe for the kind comment! Great setup you have right there, 45 1.8 is quite a versatile portrait lens, and both 25 and 16 will give you a perfect environmental portrait focal length. Cheers!
Thank you Gary for this portrait tutorial. Lately I have been using the Helios 44-2 with the Viltrox speed booster and I absolutely love it.
Thank you Michael for sharing your setup with Helios 44-2 and the Viltrox adapter, I am curious about manual vintage lenses, good to know! :)
Olympus 25mm f1.2, Olympus 75mm f1.2 and the f2.8 Olympus 40-150 for me.
Thanks for the video.
Since I do not do a lot of portrait work with micro 4/3, the only lens I own is the Olympus 45mm. If I need something longer, I use adapted 85mm or 105mm lenses.
Thank you for the kind words!
I remember watching this a year ago and being a boke snob thinking f2.8 wasn't good enough. But i've calmed down a lot in my photography journey and f2.8 is perfectly fine with the 35-100mm being my preferred light travel/adventure lens. it's silly going to location and not seeing any background, but even f2.8 on m43 can blow away a background at 100mm, so the option is still there. at 25mm/50mmEquiv I do usually need lower than f2.8
*However The sigma 56mm f1.4 and Oly 25mm f1.2 would still be my go to's for a wedding, as it can get dark real quick, and even those aren't ideal in some night time celebrations. It's good to have a full frame emergency low light cam off the side unless there is a strong enough light to work with.
Thank you for sharing your experience regarding bokeh, that is really an eye opening. I am currently phasing in and out of the bokeh-snob phase too, but then again, most of the time 2.8 is enough. Cheers!
I have all these lens. I say the same thing you just said. I do weddings I like the 35-100 f2.8 for weddings better but if I have to pack light then its the Olympus 75mm f1.8 if I'm just bring one bag.
Thank you for the kind comment! Both the 35-100 2.8 and the 75 1.8 are fantastic!
Hello Gary and thanks for this video which has a different set up and format (among others outdoors!) compared to many other of your videos. Unfortunately I am not much of a portrait photographer (I have no family member who graciously volunteers like Nora did for you). If I were going to take portraits then I would probably use the Panasonic Lumix 42.5 f1.7, which I have, and go for three quarter or whole body since a head shot might feel too close for the subject. I do not have the other lenses you mention 😃. Please keep up the good work and enthusiasm on your channel.
Hello Joe, thank you so much for the kind comment! Same here, I don't often take portraits of my family, and Nora was kind enough to volunteer for the video 😀. That Lumix 42.5mm f1.7 is a great lens, should you ever need to shoot portrait then that lens will definitely do a great job! Thanks again Joe 😊
For beginners on a budget my I suggest the Olympus OM Zuiko 50mm? it's a vintage lens I use all the time, I inherited mine from my mom but it's very cheap on ebay, lens plus MFT adapter could cost you around 50/60 dollars
Thanks for the suggestion, I haven't personally tried the vintage Olympus 50mm, but that sounds like a good alternative 😊
I'm very curious to see a comparison of the Olympus 75mm 1.8 vs the Panasonic 85mm 1.8. They are comparable in price and I haven't seen any comparison video on the internet, sadly.
They are not equal lenses for comparison, the Panasonic 85mm is a Full Frame L mount, not a Micro 4/3 mount like the Olympus 75mm f1.8. Yes you can use adapters to adapt the Pan 85mm on Micro 4/3, but it will either give an entirely different field of view, or becomes soft due to less than ideal sensor-lens coverage.
I have both 45 mm and 75 mm, and I want to give you the right, that 45 is best for ½-body portraits and 75 is perfect for mug-shots.
May I ask why you are constantly counting to 3 - why not just take some more pictures to capture the right expression?
Besides, I'm very jealous - having a beautiful and 'willing' model is something I miss.
Hello Mogens Jaeger, thank you for the comment! I count to three simply because people here where I live sometimes do that when taking pictures of other people, it's a reflex up to this point 😆 plus I don't usually do portrait photography. Thank you once again!
Hi mate, I have recently purchased a lumix g85 with 12-60mm kit lens but I m not very happy because it's not very good in low light and also so much less Bokeh,. Mainly I m using g85 for TH-cam videos and wedding like events for photos and videos and now I m considering sigma 16mm 1.4, so what's ur opinion because it's very nicely build, very nice in low light plus Bokeh and if in future if I switch to sony this lens also be usable for me and again I can also use it with panasonic full frame etc with added crop, plz gave reply as fast as possible 🔥
Sorry for the late response! I don't think you can interchange the Sigma 16mm f1.4 from MFT to full frame because they have different lens mount. You can get the FF version of the 16 1.4 and get an adapter if you want, but I don't think it is an efficient setup.
Great Video. One..........Two.........Three :-)
Sharpest might be the Sigma 56mm. The Olympus ( maybe a Sigma ) 75mm lens is sharp & made in Japan, using DXOmark as reference it is sharp. But then again, there is more to life than sharpness. That Olympus 45mm is just awesome, as it is small, renders so nicely, and is light in weight and light on the pocketbook. The Lumix 30mm macro is a sharp lens.
I would really love to try one of those Sigma M43 lenses, I kept hearing good things about those lenses!
Allegedly, Sigma manufactures the 75.
Good job, i've 35 100, i'm not fan about the circular pattern but it is a very versatile Lens 👍
And... One two threeeee 😅
Hi Nwyrkcted, thank you for the comment! Agree with the 35 100, though I am still okay with the circular pattern. Ha! 😄😄😄
This is how many times he said "alright"
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If i use the 45mm olympus lens on my mft olympus body, does it make the image equal to 90mm in ff because of crop factor?
Yes that's correct. You will end up with 90mm equivalent field of view of a full frame camera.
@@Gary_W Thank you
@@Gary_W oh, i got one more question regarding crop factor, does it also affect the aperture?
@@yangmaha4268 Exposure is the same but you get the depth of field of 45mm, not 90mm.
Omg the number of ads is too much! 🤣🤣🤣
Whoops sorry, didn't realize the mid-roll ads are too much. I've already reduced it, sorry about that!
no doubt Olympus 75mm f1.8 has the best optical quality
I agree, it simply is the best among the other lenses! Thanks for watching 😊
Ha quedado claro que es su esposa.
Mas lain kali nangkapnya di tempat yang shady aja. Jangan langsung berhadapan sama harsh light dari matahari gitu, agak blinding dan overexpose. Gak bagus videonya.
Terima kasih sarannya ya kak, mohon maaf agak kurang bagus.
@@Gary_W Sama-sama mas. Kamu tetap bisa bidik kayak gitu, tapiii atur lagi shutterspeed dan ISO-nya dan sekaligus bukaan lensanya. It's not even called too shiny anymore, tapi memang fotona bland dan gak bagus. But great video anyway.
Good video but you have to learn color grading much better
Thank you for the suggestion. Yeah color grading is hard, I am still learning.
Saiki ono modele rek
Pisan2 ben ra bosen boss 😄😄😄
Have you maybe said 'alright' ??! 😅
My bad, I said alright too many times 😁
Not bad video, but Too longed winded...
Thank you for the suggestion! I'll be more concise next time! 😊
The girl is persistent