My new EF-M 28mm Macro lens arrived this week, a fun little toy. Focus on my M2 seems reasonably fast (a bit faster than the 22/2). Just grabbed a few shots last night at 1:1.
The integrated lights are a great idea, and with the two separate continuous LED lights, the power can be varied independently – the single button cycles them together through high, low and off, and with a long press, through left high/low, right high/low. FWIW, at 1:1 distance the high setting delivers about 8 EV of light, and the low setting is ~1 EV dimmer.
The shots below are:
1. Ambient lighting (2700 K LED), 30 s, f/11, ISO 400 (WB set to Tungsten during RAW conversion)
2. Lens LED on high, 1.6 s, f/11, ISO 400 (WB set to Flash during RAW conversion)
3. Lens LED on low, 5 s, f/11, ISO 400 (WB set to Flash during RAW conversion)
There's no good way this type of shot could have been done handheld in that ambient lighting, but with the built-in lights and assuming a ~3-stop IS, I'd only have needed two more stops of light to handhold (e.g. ISO 1600, which will yield decent results with DxO Prime NR).
I'll get out and do some 'real' shooting with the lens soon...
The integrated lights are a great idea, and with the two separate continuous LED lights, the power can be varied independently – the single button cycles them together through high, low and off, and with a long press, through left high/low, right high/low. FWIW, at 1:1 distance the high setting delivers about 8 EV of light, and the low setting is ~1 EV dimmer.
The shots below are:
1. Ambient lighting (2700 K LED), 30 s, f/11, ISO 400 (WB set to Tungsten during RAW conversion)
2. Lens LED on high, 1.6 s, f/11, ISO 400 (WB set to Flash during RAW conversion)
3. Lens LED on low, 5 s, f/11, ISO 400 (WB set to Flash during RAW conversion)
There's no good way this type of shot could have been done handheld in that ambient lighting, but with the built-in lights and assuming a ~3-stop IS, I'd only have needed two more stops of light to handhold (e.g. ISO 1600, which will yield decent results with DxO Prime NR).
I'll get out and do some 'real' shooting with the lens soon...
