beverly hills, calif.
just a throwaway snapshot on an overcast, stuck-at-my-desk day, but I'm thoroughly blown away by how good this tiny panasonic 100/2.8 macro is. it's a genuine engineering marvel and a big reason I migrated to L-mount for my workhorse full-frame system.
this lens essentially replaced the beautiful but cumbersome and highly unreliable fujinon GF120/4 macro in my kit—that thing's a beast, but feels as fragile and ungainly as an old rolls royce. while the S5IIX clearly can't hold a candle to the GFX's image quality in absolute terms, I can essentially use this thing even with the outdated 24MP FF S5II sensor and get damn good results in almost any situation where I would've previously used the 120, but with much faster autofocus AND beautifully responsive manual focus (none of the jumpy, loud spurts of the GF120). I've only had it a few weeks, and have shot a wildfires, editorial portraits, and close-up medical treatments with it.
it's easily one of the best lenses I've ever used. and it's so tiny and light!
beverly hills, calif.
just a throwaway snapshot on an overcast, stuck-at-my-desk day, but I'm thoroughly blown away by how good this tiny panasonic 100/2.8 macro is. it's a genuine engineering marvel and a big reason I migrated to L-mount for my workhorse full-frame system.
this lens essentially replaced the beautiful but cumbersome and highly unreliable fujinon GF120/4 macro in my kit—that thing's a beast, but feels as fragile and ungainly as an old rolls royce. while the S5IIX clearly can't hold a candle to the GFX's image quality in absolute terms, I can essentially use this thing even with the outdated 24MP FF S5II sensor and get damn good results in almost any situation where I would've previously used the 120, but with much faster autofocus AND beautifully responsive manual focus (none of the jumpy, loud spurts of the GF120). I've only had it a few weeks, and have shot a wildfires, editorial portraits, and close-up medical treatments with it.
it's easily one of the best lenses I've ever used. and it's so tiny and light!