gogo2 - thanks for the efforts for opening a new thread! I am in fact using a GF1 + 14-45 + 20mm pancake

I will start with some pics... all with gf1+20mm combo

Thanks

Given my interest in landscape shot, the next poison for me is 7-14mm, but that's also a very expensive poison

Wow, you bought it!

Welcome to the m43 club

What's the manual way you're referring to, and how easy do you want? You can always use Lightroom to import, apply some basic settings and export (convert to Jpeg) in batch - not sure if that's "auto" or "manual" for you.

Anyway, for GF1 users I've found a guide to tune the white balance and film mode to make the out-of-camera Jpeg output to be closer to the punchier output from Olympus Pen series.
http://www.flickr.com/groups/dmc-gf1/discu...57623923774322/

That's right, the main purpose is to improve the output from GF1 to look more natural, and in some way, contrasty.

First is the white balance thing, after adjusting the AWB it gives you a warmer feel which is to counter-act the cooler feel (which makes the photo looks flat) that GF1 gives by default. Second is the film mode, the author changed the default to Vibrant (high contrast and saturation), but reducing contrast and saturation value by 1. However it still makes the photo looks punchier than the Std more

The bottom-line is, f3.5-5.6 kit zoom lens is not easy for shooting in low light condition... There are workarounds - either you use flash, or go for high ISO (suitable for B&W), or you need to use a tripod

With the panny 20mm pancake lens widest aperture (f/1.7) and excessive neon lighting, there's no problem shooting with 1/100s shutter speed and ISO 100

Camera: Panasonic DMC-GF1
Exposure: 0.01 sec (1/100)
Aperture: f/1.7
Focal Length: 20 mm
ISO Speed: 100


It's a photo of Tokyo red light district by the way

You guys think too much hahaha. It's the similar sight all over the streets with big sized bouncers standing outside the shops I'm sure you get different sight when you actually go in

Not really, I tend to shake. It's just that the there was more than enough ambience lighting that I could shoot at 1/100s

Pancake is a prime lens, there's no way to solve it, as bbjslee suggested, go nearer to the subject.

I have both 14-45mm and 20mm, and I find myself using 20mm most of the time due to the light weight nature and poisoning f/1.7 aperture

This post has been edited by samurai1337: Apr 28 2010, 08:06 AM

100-300mm f/4-5.6 Mega O.I.S.

Looks seriously Yummy!

To encourage myself to shoot more, I've booked a couple of Danbo online (1 big and 1 small):


Maybe end up getting myself a Pana-Leica 45mm f/2.8 macro lens (instead of the planned 7-14mm landscape) in the end

This post has been edited by samurai1337: Apr 29 2010, 08:11 AM

4 million dollar home, or 5? I got exactly the same colour (mine is 4)

By the way, try using imageshack or other hosting server. Lowyat.net upload compression deteriorates the image quality

This post has been edited by samurai1337: Apr 29 2010, 02:50 PM

Olympus' mirrorless system is proven, and they are already a number of lenses in the Micro Four Thirds line-up (although still lacking). For Sony, it's unproven and you need to wait for at least a couple of months for people to review and may need to wait some time for more lenses to be released.

Anyway, here is my first attempt on Adobe Lightroom partial colouring... comment / criticism welcomed

Camera: Panasonic DMC-GF1
Exposure: 1/3200 sec
Aperture: f/2.0
Focal Length: 20 mm

This post has been edited by samurai1337: May 1 2010, 12:49 PM

Sorry to hear that, this reminds us to be careful as always.

And curse that thief.... hopefully he will get caught one day.

You can check this page for reference
http://shashinki.com/shop/olympus-m-26.htm...=27&sort=2a

I went for the original half case from Panasonic
http://www.lumix-fan.net/data/upfile/471-1.jpg

Bought it in Japan for about RM170, I believe you should be able to get it here as well (not too sure?)

It's a shame that NX10 is aggressively boasting their APS-C sensor being bigger and superior than m4/3 sensor, but yet they are unable to prove it with the results.

This post has been edited by samurai1337: May 6 2010, 03:26 PM

Thank to the gaining popularity and potential of Micro Four Thirds, I believe

Interesting Bokeh at f/2.8! What's the lemak berkrim about anyway?

http://www.dpreview.com/news/1005/10050700olyep2silver.asp

E-P2 is now in Silver! which...in fact looks like E-P1


This post has been edited by samurai1337: May 9 2010, 10:46 AM

Check the site again, it's available

Gonna update it soon

p/s: FYI GF-1 updates

1. Improved operation menu for image stabilizer ([OFF] will be added under [STABILIZER] only when LUMIX G VARIO 14-42 mm / F3.5-5.6 ASPH. / MEGA O.I.S. (H-FS014042) is attached).
2. Improved AF (auto focus) performance with lenses of other manufacturer.

This post has been edited by samurai1337: May 10 2010, 02:50 PM