[Leica] [OM] IMG: The Little Lens That Could

[Jim Nichols]

I am also very impressed with it.  Makes me wonder if there was Leica 
help somewhere in its bloodlines.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 10/18/2019 12:25 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
> That lens is brilliant, and one of the reasons why I have kept micro 4/3 cameras.
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>> On 17 Oct 2019, at 01:13, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote:
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>> As we mix and match gear these days, I continue to post to both the LUG and the OM galleries.  These are of probably of more interest to my OM friends.
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>> I recently acquired a first generation (?) Micro 4/3 camera body to support my collection of Olympus lenses.  I was so impressed with the small size and weight of this camera that I decided I needed a small lens to match it.  I did some research and decided to go with the Panasonic Lumix 20mm/1.7 Asph.  It lives up to its reputation.  Here are a few examples:
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>> An image shot from the ground, showing details in a cropped image.  They are replacing the 60 yr old pole I pictured sometime earlier.  To me, details are impressive.
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>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20191009-PA090465.JPG.html
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>> Bokeh in a Fall Colors shot, wide open.
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>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20191009-PA090475.JPG.html
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>> One of several pencil drawings by the late Don Northcutt that grace my walls.  This is an early Swiss round barn that existed in a community south of us fifty years ago, and is framed in barn wood.  It was shot on the wall with room light.
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>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20191009-PA090480.JPG.html
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>> I am quite impressed with it for general use.
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>> All are best viewed LARGE.
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>> -- 
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
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