I have been working with the micro 4/3 system camera (“mirrorless mirror”)
Panasonic GF1 for quite a long time and I am extremely pleased with it. It shoots perfectly, small, light, moderately comfortable to manage, and it looks like a falling away. This is not the first "micro", which I test, but when compared with the Olympus PEN P-E1 and Panasonic GH1, is the best. (I did not see the second PEN, but I really want to).
In the “everyday” conditions, the GH1 proved to be excellent, and I decided to make it a more serious test - a test with subject (well, or macro) shooting. I’ll say right away that in the article I am a layman, but a layman is a practitioner: I often have to take photographs of the technique for reviews on NOMOBILE.ru. The hand is full. In addition, there is quite serious equipment in my photography: an excellent subject table, three powerful pulsed sources and a good Kenon lens (
Canon EF 100 mm f / 2.8 Macro USM ).
Since I got, along with GH1, in addition to other lenses, a macro lens as well - it was a sin not to capture this pair for shooting.
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On the “hot shoe” of the camera, the infrared transmitter Prolinca 40203 sat down, literally, like a native. The only time in manual mode shutter speed was shorter than 1/160 could not be set. Well, okay, never mind.

The macro lens I used is not simple, but almost golden. Firstly, this is LEICA, designed specifically for Micro 4/3, secondly, it’s not yet sold (and when it will be sold — and whether it will be sold at all), and, thirdly, where it’s sold,
it’s worth bad money . (And he is not only macro, but, as the autopsy showed, a good portrait portrait) In short, this is a serious thing, Panasonic LEICA DG MACRO-ELMARIT 45mm f / 2.8 ASPH (it
delivered even to the harsh dudes from DPReview).

The lens is focused from 15 centimeters - but for this you need to move the lever on the body from the position "Limit" to the position "Full".

They moved it, the stabilizer was turned on, the hole was clamped at 22, the shutter speed was set at 1/160, and the ISO at 100. Forward!
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The rules are as follows: picture, resize (not crop!), Curves in the machine. Side by side - 100% crop and a link to the original file.The first one came across a figure from a kinder surprise. For the sake of scale, I photographed it next to two one-ruble coins:


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Not bad. And let's take a closer look ...


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Nishtyak.
All right, let's have some coins now.


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That's so beautiful.
I have long wanted to take a picture of this broken phone (
this video sheds light on the circumstances of its appearance in our editorial office).


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Closer? It is possible and closer.


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What else is hanging around at hand. O - Joystick from Xbox 360. What is not an object for shooting?


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And now - add artistry.


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What am I all on white yes on a white background. On black - more beautiful.


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And here - for comparison: a man from a kinder surprise, coins, the same light and the same settings, but instead of the Panasonic GF1 and LEICA DG MACRO-ELMARIT 45mm f / 2.8 - Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III with EF 100 mm f /2.8 Macro.

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In my opinion, funny.
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Of course, the cards can be made worse by ammunition in two or even two and a half times cheaper than a Panasonic GH1 with such a lens. So this post, rather, is an illustration of the capabilities of the Micro 4/3 system. Decent, I must say, opportunities.
UPD. Thanks for the karma. Transferred to DSLR.