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Hello. Spring is here and I'm having ideas of dog portraits in different areas, especially the low light ones like forest paths. I will use my Olympus 40-150mm f 2.8 PRO for action but I would like a faster lens for static and posing moments and achieve some shallow DoF. I can get that with the 150mm end of my zoom but I would like something wider to be closer to the subject for interaction and more context tot he environment. My choices are: Sigma 56mm f 1.4 DC DN Contemporary: *Excellent price, 270 £ used *Fast f 1.4 for lower ISO and/or higher shutter speed *Weather Sealing to a moderate degree (it's not a PRO lens after all) *Very small and light for such a lens, easy to pack and carry *Excellent sharpness even wide open and even to the corners -Focus motor doesn't keep up like a PRO lens -20 FPS maximum burst Olympus M.Zuiko 75mm f 1.8 ED MSC: *Very good price, 330 £ used *Fast f 1.8 aperture for such a long focal length *Quite small and light lens for its aperture and focal length *Excellent sharpness but some do claim it's not as sharp as the Sigma wide open -Not weather sealed -MSC focus motor is not particularly fast -20 FPS maximum burst These 2 lenses are the faster and longest lenses in Micro Four Thirds with autofocus and not into super telephoto like Panasonic Leica 200mm f 2.8 I have been thinking about the Olympus M.Zuiko 45mm f 1.2 PRO but it's price used it feels a bit high at 500 £. I will sell my Olympus M.Zuiko 45mm f 1.8 as I am not convinced by this little lens, especially compared to both my PRO f 2.8 zooms
As I am confirmed dog lover, I almost feel disloyal starting this thread, but here I go. We have three cats that found us and decided we were worthy.:wink: I have friends who have cats, too, and have found them to be both inscrutable, as well as quite photogenic. I'll start this off by introducing Nalo. I took this with my handy LX5 yesterday afternoon in his living room. He is a well read cat.

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