New Olympus Gear

New Olympus Gear acquired!!!

So I have been wanting to get this M.Zuiko ED Olympus 12-100mm f4 IS Pro lens for a long time now and finally decided to pull the trigger and buy the lens used.  I found a great deal at one of my favorite online used camera gear stores Roberts Used PhotoPro.  They had a great deal on an excellent condition used M.Zuiko ED Olympus 12-100mm f4 IS Pro lens and I just couldn’t resist as I had not seen one in this good of a condition and at this price.  The reason why I have always wanted this lens is because for me it will make the perfect all around lens that will probably stay on the camera most of the time.  With the zoom range of 12-100mm this is wide enough to do landscape photography and  long enough zoom to satisfy my needs for medium range shots, plus it can focus at a minimum focal distance of 1.5 cm great for macro shots.  

The real benefit of the lens is the 5-Axis Sync IS (image stabilization) which syncs with the camera body image stabilization.  On it’s own the lenses built-in image stabilization can provide 5 shutter speed steps of compensation.  Combine that with the newer Olympus (OM-System) camera bodies and you can get 7.5 shutter speed steps of compensation.  This can greatly diminish the need for me to use a tripod.  Below are some examples of photos I took on my latest fall trip to Hocking Hills, Ohio.  Where I accidentally forgot to bring my tripod and this allowed me to test out the power of this lenses Sync IS system.


Picture number 1   ”Abandoned Church Window” was shot in hand held high res-mode at 1/25s, ISO 250, f6.3, 75mm

Picture number 2   ”Abandoned Church” was shot in hand held high res-mode at 1/30s, ISO 200, f11, 12mm    

Picture 1, Abandoned Church Window.
Picture 2, Abandoned Church
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