I had a great time the other day with my new lens.
Full frame for me has been a journey of reluctant and conditional migration with a feeling of “I have no excuse, I can do anything I need now”, so a new and moderately exciting lens in the fold a lens bought to fix a perceived problem, that did, was a find.
Pretty photos of back-lit leaves, a lovely Autumn blush captured relaitvely easily and with needed quality…….. so where am I going here?
Looking out the back door the other day, locking up to go out n a job, I saw some lovely light on the last of the leaves for the season.
I grabbed the camera at hand (EM1.2 and 40-150 f4) and shot these, thinking at the time they were easier to take than the full frame ones and just as good. If anything, they are a little more brilliant and vibrant.
The reality is, in good light* I actually prefer M43 format for all the reasons i have said before. It is faster, easier to use, has all the needed quality and is much easier to get into the field. The secret is in the lenses and the mathematics that empowers them.
In poor light and if I make a mistake, full frmae is better, but sometimes only just.
*ISO 6400 or lower, natural or artificial light that is not too weird.