Author: Peter Forsgard

  • Laowa 10mm f2.0 – Very nice lens from Venus Optics

    Laowa 10mm f2.0 – Very nice lens from Venus Optics

    Venus Optics launched a new wide-angle lens for MFT on December 18th, 2020. It is a 10mm f2.0 C&D-Dreamer wide-angle lens.

    The new thing in this lens is that it has a connection to the camera. The aperture is controlled by the camera body and the info is recorded to EXIF. That is a very good thing. Without the connection, you need to add the lens info manually to your camera. Well, you do have to, but it is a good thing to do that. The IBIS will get the info to work at its best.

    Laowa 10mm f2.0 lens is manual focus. It is very easy to focus manually if you use focus peaking or magnify or both. The focusing ring is quite short so the focusing is really fast.

    In my video, there were two images missing. The part where I was talking what is the difference between the angle of view with the M.Zuiko 12mm f2.0 lens.

    This image is made with Laowa 10mm f2.0 lens. From the image below you can see the difference in field of view.
    This image is made with Laowa 10mm f2.0 lens. From the image below you can see the difference in field of view.
    Image photographed with M.Zuiko 12mm f2.0 lens.
    Image photographed with M.Zuiko 12mm f2.0 lens.

    I like it when there are new manufacturers that make MFT lens. Competition is always welcome. It is a good thing for consumers.

    If you want to get the lens use this link.

    I made a video about the new lens. More info from there.

  • How can I help you and the Future of my channel.

    How can I help you and the Future of my channel.

    My YouTube channel is all about helping you to become a better photographer. In my first video in 2021 I was talking about just that and also the future of my channel.

    There are many ways you can support my channel and the free content I provide for you twice a week. Below is the list of Affiliate links that I have:

    👉 Laowa lenses

    👉 Luminar

    👉 Aurora HDR

    👉 X-Rite Color Checker

    👉 Topaz Labs

    👉 Skillshare

    👉 My Amazon Store

    👉 EpidemicSound

    👉 DxOLab

    Another way is to visit my Kit.co store or you can Buy Me a Coffee. There are also Lens Hoodies available.

    If you want to ask me questions about Olympus or photography use the Ask Peter -page to ask those questions. Another way is to join my Facebook group and get the answer there. There are about 1500 members already. It is a good place to show your images and also get the answers to your questions, It is not only me who answeres your questions. The community has been active also to answer.

    Here you can join the group.

    If you need some more in-depth counseling there is a solution for that too. I do have one-on-one sessions. read more about them here.

  • Your Best Image from 2020?

    Your Best Image from 2020?

    The year 2020 was a strange year. Let’s all hope that 2021 will be a lot better. For me, it was also a change in my photography. In March when the pandemic hit Finland my calendar was empty in one day. Luckily I had some online lectures that were arranged by Olympus and a local camera store here in Helsinki. YouTube kept me also busy. I was very fortunate that spring was not a total catastrophe what it comes to my business.

    The other day I was going through my best/favorite images from 2020. It was very interesting to look back and see what I have photographed. I made about 21.000 images during 2020. That is about the normal amount and it was about the same as 2019.

    The reason is that I did quite a lot of bird photography. That usually means a lot of photos. The reason for doing that is of course the new 100-400mm f5.0 – 6.3 and the 150-400mm f4.5 lenses. I was able to test them both. I also had a chance to test the Bird AF on the E-M1X.

    It was very interesting to learn about bird photography this year. It started before the pandemic. I traveled north to meet Jari Peltomäki. He gave some tips and then we headed out to his eagle hide. That was my first experience photographing from a hide. It was a very good experience and the knowledge I got from that trip was very valuable for my tests with long lenses later in the year.

    I went through my favorite images on a video. I also want to see your best/favorite image from 2020. Sending it to me for feedback on my Live Stream on the 5th of January 2021 at 1 PM (GMT).

    You can send your image from here.