The G9 and Leica Go On Holidays Pt3.
We left Hobart after two great days and the weather finally broke for the better.
Taken from a fast moving car. This is a typical scene from the highway between Hobart and Launceston, especially in the southern half.
An ancient gum tree in Ross. The Australian Eucalyptus is a “glowacious” tree as Brett Western would say.
The Leica is a great range for landscape work. The colour is quite different to that of the Olympus, less dense, brighter, with softer greens and blues. Swapping lenses between the systems allows for some quite nuanced colour control from warm and dense for all Olymous to fine and bright on all Lumix.
Winter details are held up to a fine degree.
Genuine landscape grade detail.
A final look at Bokeh
Background is nice, smooth enough, but with some coherent detail and has “snappy” forground edges.
Foreground blurring is also workable. This lens makes me want to use, not avoid Bokeh as a creative element.
All in all a great little mini break and a reassuring trial for he new gear.
The G9 is still a quagmire f options, especially with focussing. I stumbled across the custom AF patterns, then could not find out how to switch between them and I refuse to read the manual (I believe you should not have to), but for regular use I have its measure. It is odd that I customised the camera so quickly for video, but stills has been less easy, mostly because of focussing controls. This was thing giving me jitters for the paper, where speed and control are needed.