Carl Zeiss 16mm 2.8 on Olympus E-PL1

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I just had to try out this combo. Recently, I bought at RFF a Zeiss 16/2.8 fisheye lens (for the Rollei QBM system). I do not like fisheye lenses. With a M 4/3 camera, I get a 32mm view that is not distorted too much (so to speak). Here is my first set of images with this lens.I used LR5to transform DNG to JPG files, but I did not add contrast or do anything else.

Link: https://raid.smugmug.com/Zeiss1628E-PL12019/i-Sc9vGQB


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I followed your link, excellent shots but the picture of the camera has me thinking it might be a bit cumbersome. How was it to shoot?
 
It was as easy to use it as with a small snapshot camera. Everything is in focus, and I hold the camera-lens by the lens. It was a $200 purchase for a high quality Zeiss lens. I compose through the view at the back of the camera. The lens feels solid like a rock, with easy changes in the aperture and hardly and focus change.


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Taken outside Joe Patti's Seafood Store, Pensacola, Florida.

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When I see dense fog in the morning, I may stop here for 30 minutes or less before I drive to work. It is not far off my daily drive.

I often stop at this coffee shop for some coffee in the morning.

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I took some photos at the beach today. The blues came out strongly even though no filters were used.

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Is that still the 16mm, Raid? Looks very good... Seems the skies are darker when the light metering "sees" a lot of white sand!
 
Yes, Doug, this is the 16mm fisheye lens with m 4/3. The AE is most likely affected greatly by white sand and strong sunlight and clear sky. If I slightly tilt the camera/lens, the fisheye effect shows clearly.
 
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