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Snaps: The 90 minutes tease with Olympus 25mm lens

February 25, 2014 Be first to comment

If you have been following the updates in the Micro Four Thirds world, you would probably know/read Robin’s Part 1 review of the lens. When I found out that he had the lens, I knew I had to see it and try it, because I have been waiting for this lens for the longest time. I had always wanted a lens with this focal length, so much so that I almost got the Panasonic Leica Summilux DG 25mm f1.4. If the lens was cheaper, I would have gotten the Panasonic Leica. [If you’re interested to read the comparison, you can read it here.]
This time around Robin and the rest decided to head to Petaling Street to shoot, which frankly was not my favourite location. They have already headed to the Pudu Market a few days earlier, so I agreed anyway with Petaling Street. It was a very short shooting session for me, because I had to leave for a Chinese New Year meet-up around 1pm. So, in total I had only 90 minutes with the lens and most of the minutes went to walking around the street, uninspired. I wasn’t too satisfied with the pictures, but these are the best shots of the day.

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And yes, that’s all I had for the day. Finally having the 25mm in my hands feels different because I have trained my eyes with the 45mm focal length. That day after I left, I had this bitter feeling as though the 25mm hadn’t been all that I expected. I expected myself to fall in love with it, just because I thought I would.

But I didn’t. A couple weeks later, I realized that spending 90 minutes with a lens wasn’t even accountable to anything. When I first got the 60mm, I loved it and then I hated it. When I got my 45mm, I hated how I didn’t know how to use it. And now, the 45mm is my standard lens.

Having said all this, I know I’ve been too quick to judge and soon enough, I’ll be eating my words again when I get the 25mm even though I made a vow not to get any lens this year. I’ll also end up loving the 25mm more than I could ever imagine. Let me end the post with some other random pictures from the day.

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| Group picture taken with the new pancake fisheye lens |
| The EM-10 |
| Robin in action |

Till next time,
xoxo
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