Photography News | Issue 34 | absolutephoto.com
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Review
Olympus ambassador Robert Pugh is a Berkshire- based wedding photojournalist and portrait photographer who has a background in press photojournalism. Robert likes to capture everything as it is, focusing on the emotions, mood and connection between people. What is it about the Olympus lenses that appeals to you? This is a no-brainer. They’re small, light and sharp! In just my small camera bag I can fit two bodies and all my lenses, with no strain carrying them around all day at a wedding and when you think that’s for an average 16 hours. What Olympus lenses do you have? If I was going to list all the lenses I own you’re in for a long read. I’m a great lover of manual lenses for the look they produce, and with Micro Four Thirds cameras via an adapter it’s possible to use almost every lens made. I love my primes and have my favourite ones with me always so let’s break this down. The M.Zuiko Digital 17mm f/1.8 is my go-to lens and used everyday, the M.Zuiko Digital 25mm f/1.8 is my portrait lens for half-body shots from just above the knee to over the head – and a good lens for street photography. The M.Zuiko Digital 45mm f/1.8 Olympus user: Robert Pugh
is definitely my headshot and portrait lens, while my M.Zuiko Digital ED 8mm f/1.8 Pro fisheye is my evening lens at weddings, which I use to cover all the dancing shots If you could only use one what would it be? If I could only pick one lens to cover every shot it would have to be the Olympus M.Zuiko Digital 17mm f/1.8 as this is how we see the world. In full-frame terms it’s a 35mm and my go-to lens for street and wedding photography. I use this lens a lot and I’ll go so far as to say I could cover a full wedding with just that very lens living on my camera. When I start the day covering a wedding this is the lens sitting on my camera and to be honest it only comes off when I’m covering bride and groom portraits. What lens would you like to see introduced by Olympus in the future? As I’ma lover of prime lenses I’d have to say a 42.5mm f/0.95 giving me the perfect portrait lens at the 35mm format equivalent of 85mm. I know Olympus has its Pro range of zoom lenses, but I’d love to see a professional set of prime lenses with super-fast f/0.95 or f/1.2 apertures and this would complement the Olympus Pro line-up perfectly.
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