March 5, 2021
Downtown Macon covid-19: day 347 | US: GA | info | act
I met Giles for a downtown photo stroll this afternoon. I wanted to use the new Zuiko 2.8/24, and today was lovely. I parked near Just Tap’d and walked toward Mulberry Street with the intention of heading west to the Hay House. I have my Nut Sac full of lenses, but the SL wore the Zuiko 24.
Macon City Auditorium
On Mulberry Street
The color from this lens is excellent, and it seems pretty perfectly wide. I think the trick is to get close to the subject and the background gets perfectly blurred, as evidenced by these shots.
On Mulberry Street
In back of the Cannonball House
At the Hay House, I briefly put the Canon 1.4/50 LTM on the SL. I love this lens, too—an excellent purchase. The first three images are with the Canon before I put the 24 back on. These really need to be looked at large; the smaller thumbnails do not do them justice.
At the Hay House
At the Hay House
On Coleman Hill
The 24 on Coleman Hill
A couple more on Coleman Hill, before I started walking south toward Poplar Street.
Even shooting into the sun, this 24 renders beautifully. Yes, I was using the hood on that first shot above. On Poplar, I took a few shots of St. Joseph’s.
Giles and I parted company, and I walked back to Just Tap’d. I was going to get a beer, but the place was getting crowded, so I snapped a final photo before heading out.
I drove up Riverside Drive and decided to take just a couple more photos at the cemetery. I put the Takumar 2.5/135 on the SL and got these.
This lens is no slouch either. It’s the five-element version which one YouTuber called a “paperweight” because of its lack of sharpness. I don’t see it frankly. That said, this lens does not wow me. In fact, I’m not a real fan of telephoto lenses and how they compress everything in the image. The bokeh is nice, but I prefer wider. Still these images are nice and make an excellent contrast to the images from the Zuiko 24.
