Micro Four Thirds Right Now….Part 3: I watched a video on how using an 85/1.8 Full Frame equivalent lens, a portrait lens, could bring a unique look to landscape photos. One of the...

deanfl Loc: Georgia

I watched a video on how using an 85/1.8 Full Frame equivalent lens, a portrait lens, could bring a unique look to landscape photos.

One of the first lenses I purchased in my beginning journey into MFT was the Olympus 45/1.8 lens. This has a field of view roughly equivalent to 85mm on FF.

These photos were taken with this lens on a Panasonic G95.

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mvetrano2 Loc: Commack, NY

Nice.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Nice shots.
Amazing how a "portrait lens" can be used for other applications, eh?

I just have lenses.
None identify as a portrait lens.
(On my zooms, I just "zoom" for the crop. I don't pay attention to the focal length.)

kpmac Loc: Ragley, La

Nicely done.

joecichjr Loc: Chicago S. Suburbs, Illinois, USA

deanfl wrote:

I watched a video on how using an 85/1.8 Full Frame equivalent lens, a portrait lens, could bring a unique look to landscape photos.

One of the first lenses I purchased in my beginning journey into MFT was the Olympus 45/1.8 lens. This has a field of view roughly equivalent to 85mm on FF.

These photos were taken with this lens on a Panasonic G95.

Stupendous results 🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈

Fstop12 Loc: Kentucky

1 & 2 are my favorites.

J-SPEIGHT Loc: Akron, Ohio

deanfl wrote:

I watched a video on how using an 85/1.8 Full Frame equivalent lens, a portrait lens, could bring a unique look to landscape photos.

One of the first lenses I purchased in my beginning journey into MFT was the Olympus 45/1.8 lens. This has a field of view roughly equivalent to 85mm on FF.

These photos were taken with this lens on a Panasonic G95.

Nice shots.

jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana

Nice shots--the first and second are my favorites.

Tdearing Loc: Rockport, TX

Nice work.

Curmudgeon Loc: SE Arizona

Absolutely beautiful set, it's hard to choose between the first and second shots

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

deanfl wrote:

I watched a video on how using an 85/1.8 Full Frame equivalent lens, a portrait lens, could bring a unique look to landscape photos.

One of the first lenses I purchased in my beginning journey into MFT was the Olympus 45/1.8 lens. This has a field of view roughly equivalent to 85mm on FF.

These photos were taken with this lens on a Panasonic G95.

I like my Lumix 42.5mm f/1.7 for similar uses. I bought it as a "portrait and interviews" lens, since I do a lot of video. Wide open, it will give me shallow focus on a person, in interview situations.

Telephoto lenses seem to "compress" perspectives in distant scenes. This is not actually a property of the lens, but is a property of the relative distance things are to one another vs. your camera. My 35-100mm f/2.8 zoom on the GH4 gives me two things: variable facial flattening in head-and-shoulders compositions, and good landscape compression.

One of my favorite landscapes was made in 1978 on Kodachrome 64 film with a 135mm lens on full frame. It's the Badlands of South Dakota at sunset. It is a decidedly trippy scene! It reminds me of a Roger Dean cover of a Yes album.

shangyrhee Loc: Nashville TN to Sacramento CA

Beautiful images of MFT with portrait lens !!! Thank you for sharing. Shang..

camerapapi Loc: Miami, Fl.

Nothing wrong using an 85mm lens for landscapes. Instead of the whole view the photographer will select a part of the landscape which he or her finds interesting as a visual design. This is better known as the "intimate landscape" and it can be very effective.
The 45mm f1.8 is a pretty good optics, I have used it for portraits but when it came the time to buy I went for the Sigma 60mm f2.8 Art. I do not regret my choice although I admit I favor the lenses made by the camera manufacturer.

"(On my zooms, I just "zoom" for the crop. I don't pay attention to the focal length.") If that is the way you use your zooms that is fine but I pay attention to the focal length. Preparing to shoot a portrait I will use in my zooms something like the 85 or 100mm focal length and move around the subject as I see it fit. When shooting landscapes I do exactly the same, I go to something like a 24, 28 or even 35 depending on the subject and move around till I see the composition I like. Zooming to a focal length I am actually cropping, not my style.

deanfl Loc: Georgia

burkphoto wrote:

I like my Lumix 42.5mm f/1.7 for similar uses. I b... (show quote)

Thank you for taking the time to comment. A part of your response that I found interesting was your mention of the Badlands. This is on my bucket list and renews my interest in going there. I have been to Mt. Rushmore and Crazy Horse. I know there is much more to see around there.

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

deanfl wrote:

Thank you for taking the time to comment. A part of your response that I found interesting was your mention of the Badlands. This is on my bucket list and renews my interest in going there. I have been to Mt. Rushmore and Crazy Horse. I know there is much more to see around there.

Go there at sunset! It's spectacular then, and relatively boring at high noon.