I had the same experience and eventually when my hard disk failed everything gone Now I save in two separate places so if something goes wrong in one I still have them in another

I was contemplating on the samyang 8mm but the laowa 7.5 showed up so i grabbed the laowa 7.5mm instead. Not a bit disappointed at all.

Here's some photos from recent HK trip in September and a China trip in early November, all shot with the extraordinary Laowa 7.5mm f2.0. For pp I used DxO Optics pro ver.9 coz the ver.11 not installed yet. Ver.11 has covered more camera models by module downloads specific to a brand/model and even lenses. However even with ver.9 I am already impressed.

Here they are:

HK


Dongguan Xiabafang


Huizhou Westlake











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Oh ya, but that can be fixed wah,. Not that terrible lah, why you cry, still a great lens

Thanks!

Got a new swiss-made watch made from soyuz rocket material so I thought I used my old trusty 20/1,7 to capture its face:

GM5 or EM5 all ok except if you use gm5, if you mount a larger and heavier legacy lens you might face imbalances due to its small size. But if you use smaller legacy lenses gm5 would be just fine.

You so lucky can shoot nice subjects everytime

No need to get the latest 2nd gen but the original Em5 used 2nd hand now so cheap wah

Worth the sacrifice lah, camp 3 days only can get good subjects Me here in Sabah no need camp this kind of subjects will never be allowed

Ha ha...

Was there for a few days last July for a short holidays, I like the place and its food. I was staying in Mansion One, quite close to the place in the photos.

BTW great shots

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Ya I think so. Loved the food in Gurney Drive.

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Nice! I have also the same lens but unfortunately my copy has a loose focusing ring which slips easily and makes it unusable.

The Pana 25/1.4 sure dang sharp, fast & sharp @f2.5!

But why at f2.5 and not f1.4?

Sometimes half-revealed and half-blurred is preffered wah

So the Nocticron 42.5 f1.2 did a better job eh?

What do you use it for most?

That depends on what you shoot really.

The 25/1.2 is a very very fast lens and Olympus designated this lens as a PRO level lens, a premium lens, construction-wise as well as price-wise. The 25mm f1.8 is nowhere near.

If you shoot only your wife either lens will do just fine but don't expect the f1.8 to pop out as much as the f1.2. I don't find the 25mm suitable for travel photos due to its narrow field of view (that's 50mm in FF!). You will be better off with a 12mm f2.0 or wider. In this respect, the 12-40mm f2.8 recommended earlier by the guys might be more appropriate and it's versatile too, capturing a wide variety of situation in varying focal length, landscapes, travels, buildings, streets, people, portrait and to some extent, macro shooting too.

But if your into only travel photos then the 12mm f2.0 should be sufficient, and its small size and light too, easy to carry around. The 12-40 f2/8 pro however is much much heavier and larger.

Hope that helps.

I still had mine 12-32. The inexpensive little gem is compatible with gx8's dual IS, no problem shooting family outing. Give it a go.

The 12-40 PRO is very tempting indeed especially its sharpness and since its been out for quite sometime its value has dropped quite making it affordable now. If weight isn't an issue definitely this will be the go to lens.

Your pics specially those close-ups sure dang killer sharp!