The combination of an inexpensive 'toy' lens (the Olympus 9mm fixed f/8 fisheye) and an old (2011) camera with a seemingly antiquated ('only' 12mp) sensor ... is nonetheless a fun one for me: it keeps challenging me to see my world differently. Or maybe just to look at objects I take for granted in a different way. This is an old (late 1980's) pickup truck, that is still useful for carting loads of rubbish or fertilizer or whatnot--
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Almost every review of the lens that I read, before buying it, seemed to concur that it was pitifully un-sharp. Another reason why it's good to make up one's own mind.
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Cameras, like trucks or wheelbarrows, are just tools, after all.
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Working with a distorted rectilinear fisheye is also a constant reminder of the quote supposedly attributed to the great Robert Capa: "If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough."
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The other nice thing about some older mu43 camera bodies is: they're really small. Not quite as pocketable as a Ricoh GR - but some of them - like my E-P3 - and like the tiny Lumix GM1 and GM5 I used to own - still seem to have been beautifully built and finished.
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This series all started out as RAW Olympus DNG's, and were lightly processed in the old, free Nik Silver Efex (which is still rather fun to play around with).