{"id":1375,"date":"2011-02-04T00:45:35","date_gmt":"2011-02-03T16:45:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tvsmith.my\/?p=1375"},"modified":"2011-03-22T16:43:32","modified_gmt":"2011-03-22T08:43:32","slug":"chinatown-with-olympus-e-pl2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/chinatown-with-olympus-e-pl2\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinatown With Olympus E-PL2"},"content":{"rendered":"

The first day of Chinese New Year presented an excellent opportunity to perform some real world tests of the new Olympus E-PL2<\/a>. I left all other lenses at home and took just the E-PL2 and the 17 mm kit lens for a spin at the Kwan Ti Temple.<\/p>\n

For street photography, the combo is a good choice as it is lightweight and unobtrusive. Since I dial into different modes all the time and do exposure compensation on the fly, the menu system and control wheel of the camera coped quite well…<\/p>\n

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Olympus E-PL2, ISO 200, f16, 1\/160 sec -2 EV<\/p><\/div>\n

Fire & Smoke<\/strong>. By reducing the exposure two stops, I was able to preserve the ambience of the flames, smoke and the silhouette effect. I also manually adjusted the camera’s white balance preset to make it ‘colder’. A small aperture was also chosen for greater depth-of-field. For a compact body, every control was still easily accessible.<\/p>\n

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Olympus E-PL2, ISO 200, f13, 1\/160 sec <\/p><\/div>\n

Young Supermodels<\/strong>. These two girls struck up a series of wonderful poses when they saw my camera :). One thing I found out was that the LCD appeared brighter than it actually was. So I tend to underexpose in the beginning without checking the histogram display (which I usually don’t).<\/p>\n

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Olympus E-PL2, ISO 200, f2.8, 1\/180 sec with flash<\/p><\/div>\n

Deities<\/strong>. One of the things I like about the E-PL2 is the easy flash compensation adjustment. Here, I dialed down the on-board flash by two stop since the camera was very close. I can also fire an external flash remotely via the wireless RC feature. This frees up the hot-shoe for the optional electronic viewfinder.<\/p>\n

See also:<\/strong>
\nDong Zen CNY Lantern & Flora Fest with E-PL2<\/a> | The Art Of Art Filters<\/a>
\nThe Bird Park with E-PL2 & The M.Zuiko 75-300mm Lens <\/a><\/p>\n

Getting there:<\/strong> Mycen Map of Chinatown KL<\/a><\/p>\n

Tip:<\/strong> You can view larger versions of the images here, gallery-style. When the page finishes loading, click on any picture. Navigate via the arrows on each side of the frame. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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