WW: Seeing Life Through a New Lens.

Another week, another new plaything:

New lens. Photo not taken with new lens. (Obvs.)

This time, it is a new lens. A 12 mm f/2.0 Micro 4/3 lens, designed for the Olympus PEN and OM-D cameras. It comes with a good reputation for tack-sharpness, and ease of use. Does the reality match the hype? I took the lens, mounted it on my EM-5, and walked around the apartment complex where I live. Let’s see what I got.

Overlooking the main pool.

So far, so good.

A longer distance shot.

And now, off to the Zen Garden:

Zen Garden is Zen. Except for the parking garage, which is not zen.

Uglyworm Yntch and Ice-Bat relax at the fountain!

A 100% crop of the fountain, showing the detail.

A wall fountain and two Ugly Dolls, taking another breather.

Looking up at the sky:

Nope, no birds flying overhead. (*Whew!*)

And, on the way back, I took a moment to stop and smell photograph the flowers:

A spot of color to brighten up the day!

One nice feature of this lens is a manual focus ring, coupled with a scale which can be used to make sure you have the proper Depth of Field set. This scale used to be found on all lenses, but has mostly disappeared since auto-focus has become so popular. It is really useful for street photography and other situations where precise focus isn’t essential, but speed is (the scale allows you to quickly set the focus so that the subject is in the area of sharp focus.)

Anyway, I plan on using this a lot this coming weekend, when I am at my 38th(!) high school reunion! My, how time flies! It seems like just 38 years ago yesterday that I was fresh out of school, looking for something to occupy my time my first career move.

Happy WW, and see y’all next week!

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