"Squirrel"

I actually own a birding lense although I know nothing about birds. The Β΅43s system is quite renowned for its light equipment for comparable huge reach. Its a crop sensor and I am quite sad that there are not many modern, small cameras in that format. I mostly bought this lens on a whim because I wanted to have something with reach and not spend thousands of euros on something I don't even know I like. This thing is a plastic fantastic and quite soft, I have problems seeing lens quality in other lenses, but this one is definitely "bad". On the other hand..its insanely cheap for what it does, you need bright sunshine to get anything with it, but then the result is quite okay. I haven't gone to any outings with it in the last few months..but as it happens, nature comes to me, like this and some other squirrels living the next tree over.

The emoji gallery of settings:
πŸ“· Olympus OM-D M10 Mk.IV
πŸ”­ OM System 75-300mm F4.8-6.7
πŸ“ 300mm (600mm in full frame)
βš™οΈ Ζ’/6.7
πŸ’‘ ISO-4000
⏱️ 1/640s

#m43 #microfourthirds #squirrel #eichhΓΆrnchen #photography #omsystem #omsystems #olympus #olympuscamera
"Winter dawn"

The subject is a boring building, I see that. But I liked the light, naturally I boosted the blues and oranges in this picture to get the picture more precisely. Also with less exposure I feel more while looking at it, for reference, with more exposure everything seems much more plain..but you can see the people I guess.

The emoji gallery of settings:
πŸ“· Olympus OM-D M10 Mk.IV
πŸ”­ Panasonic LEICA DG SUMMILUX 25/F1.4
πŸ“ 25mm (50mm in full frame)
βš™οΈ Ζ’/2.8
πŸ’‘ ISO-200
⏱️ 1/2000

#m43 #microfourthirds #buildings #photography #omsystem #omsystems #olympus #olympuscamera
It wont be long before the trees are in full foliage
Olympus Trip 35
Ilford HP5+ 400
#olympustrip35 #olympuscamera #ilfordhp5 #ilfordphoto #filmphotography #filmisnotdead #shootfilmbenice #believeinfilm #photography #35mmfilm

New Blog Post
This week I talk about my first experience of using a legendary 35mm point and shoot film camera, the Olympus Trip 35.

https://jimgravesphoto.blogspot.com/2026/03/olympus-trip-35.html

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"Flowers, Spring I guess"

Some many many moons ago my grandmother got her first smartphone, I got the honour of setting the thing up. When I came back to it after a few months the memory was filled to the brim with random pictures of flowers, she apparently really liked those. I dont share that love, but when walking through some parks the urge to photograph some vegetation comes upon me. So this is the result..two nice pictures and two were I think there is more potential but I struggle to get it out.

The emoji gallery of settings:
πŸ“· Olympus PEN E-P7
πŸ”­ #1, #3 & #4 - Panasonic LUMIX G 20/F1.7 II
πŸ”­ #2 - Panasonic LUMIX G 14/F2.5 II
πŸ“ #1, #3 & #4 - 20mm (40mm in full frame)
πŸ“ #2 - 14mm (28mm in full frame)
βš™οΈ #1, #3 & #4 - Ζ’/1.7
βš™οΈ #2 - Ζ’/2.5
πŸ’‘ ISO-200
⏱️ #2 1/400
⏱️ #2 1/2500
⏱️ #3 1/10000
⏱️ #4 1/16000

#m43 #microfourthirds #flowers #spring #photography #omsystem #omsystems #olympus #olympuscamera