This film-like camera will be my monochrome camera
First of all the video:
The camera as you can see on the video is the OLYMPUS PEN E-PL2. The lens used is the Lumix G Vario 14-42mm.
As you know I photograph JPG only and almost nothing corrected in post production. These are the settings directly on the camera:
By looking the detail on a image I can see this:
And…this:
I'm only interested in this: the result of the image without major interventions in post production. As a photographer what I see is what I want to achieve. I believe that if I rely on a camera and a lens I want to see what the gear is able to produce and I don’t want waste my time a lot in post production because for my photography the workflow ends when I recognize a photograph and I press the shutter button of the camera. This is my approach.
And now the gallery:
In light of these results I believe that a new phase of black and white photography opens for me.
I believe that having two cameras for my street photography makes me want to diversify the proposal. But I would never have done it if the results were different than this. This camera succeeds in a natural way and without having to rely on vaunted film simulations. I pushed the performance by using the built-in flash for some of these shots, And in the dark areas of the image for me the camera does its best, appearing incredibly close to the aesthetics of the film.
I have often read how much the Leica monochrome is praised, but leaving the discussion on the price, I have often seen excessively hdried results which to me are quite cloying. With a camera released in January 2011 (we are talking about a 13 years old camera) I am making the magic, guys.
