The Wonderful 75-300
The first trip images are still being explored. To be honest, I am finding (re-finding?) so many, that I am wondering how I am going to cull effectively.
I seem to have taken my best primes (17, 25, 45, 75 and the 75-300 as long work horse). This is not surprising and apart from the 12-40, may have been the bulk of my options at the time. A very workable kit, but now I think I would go with less (17, 45, 40-150 kit).
Of the lenses listed above, the cheapest was the biggest and longest, the 75-300. I have had two of theses, selling one, missing it and grabbing another and paid roughly $400au each time. Bargain.
The files are EM5 mk1 .dng files. They are responding to Capture 1 better in some ways than newer files, with massive shadow recovery, but strangely reduced highlight recovery. The highlights come back, but they are about as responsive as large super fine jpegs (an Olympus thing).
This has always been a favourite, but never like this. The 75-300 is a killer lens, especially in the shorter half of the range, but even I am surprised at the brilliance and clarity of some re-worked files.
I am also surprised how often I used it, especially considering the cool, dark, wet trip we had.
I had fast primes aplenty, but the slow super zoom stayed on even in tricky light.
This lens has very stable and pleasant image making properties, including nice Bokeh.
Too long really for this type of street grab, it never the less took plenty.
It seems I even chanced it in the dark arcades.
In its natural state, compressing a whole street into one plane.
More compression.
Some thoughts.
I seem to be drawn to yellow.
The 75-300 used to fill a lot of roles.
The .dng files may behave differently to straight RAW files from the EM5 mk1’s (in C1 anyway), but are a nice starting point.
I feel I missed a chance with the EM5 mk1’s and C1. What a combination they may have made.