Hi everyone,

This year marks the 13th Anniversary of my switch to using Micro Four Thirds cameras and lenses. During this time my cameras and lenses have travelled thousands of miles and taken thousands of images. If it wasn’t for the small size and particulary the low weight of my cameras and lenses I wouldn’t be able to still be taking pictures today. Above is a shot of three very small and ultra-compact lenses that constitute a very nice lightweight travel kit. The Lumix 20mm f/1.7 prime lens and Lumix 12-32mm and 35-100mm zoom lenses which, along with a small camera body, all fit in my Billliingham Hadley Digital camera bag along with a few accessories.. When travelling it gives me the flexibility of taking just one lens with me when out and about such as the 12-32mm, two lenses by including the 35-100mm when I think that I might require it and the 20mm lens is there for low light/night time shots and one can get some nice environmental portraits with this lens as well as making a versatile all-round walk-about lens. I have found the 12-32mm to be such a useful lens that I own two of them and one lives in my travelling tech bag as a backup should I ever require it. The only thing that I’ve done is adding after-market lens hoods to suit my preference. and enable me to fit my standardised 58mm filters. I don’t know of any other system where one can pack three equivalent focal length lenses like these for a combined weight of 235g or just over 1/2 lb!.

20mm f/1.7:

Lumix 12-32mm f/3.5-5.6

Lumix 35-100mm f/4-5.6

So you can see from the above specifications just how small and lightweight these lenses are and they are all more than acceptably sharp. I’m not hooked up in the pursuit of absolute sharpness and I often prefer to diffuse my images occasionally with filters but more often in post-processing to create a softer, more atmospheric feel.

Kind regards

Leigh

Hi everyone,

All being well I’m heading out to Emsworth in Hampshire today to try out a combination of lenses that I haven’t used for quite a while, I’m taking my 12mm f/2 and 25mm f/1.8 (24mm and 50mm equivalent) lenses. These prime lenses were amongst the first lenses that I bought years ago for my Olympus cameras. I’ll upload some shots taken today with these lenses in a future post but here’s a few shots taken in Emsworth on a previous visit back in 2021. It’ll be interesting to see what I can find today using these lenses again. The only other items I’m taking with me are a spare camera battery, spare memory card and my combined 1/4 strength Tiffen Black Pro Mist and CPL filter. As it’s a fairly dull day I’m not sure if and when I might use the filter but it tends to live in my small camera bag nowadays and doesn’t take up any space or add any appreciable weight.

All the best,

Leigh