The Beginnings of Winter

It seems to me that every year at about this time, I begin a slump in all things photography related.  The beautiful color of Fall is past, the leaves mostly lie on the ground in various stages of brown.  The other vegetation is dying off and its color a faint memory.  When hiking around outside, the images no longer jump out at me.  Things get rather dull and boring.  My hope is that I can take it as a challenge and create strong images in the midst of all this decay.

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Panasonic Leica 25mm f/1.4 DG Summilux Review

Today I’ll be looking at a lens with a classic focal length that has been widely accepted as a ‘normal’ lens.  These types of lenses are generally referred to as the ‘nifty fifty’, and for good reason.  Generally speaking, this type of lens can be very bright, small and have fantastic optical properties in a low to medium cost lens.  With that being said, here are my thoughts on the Panasonic Leica 25mm f/1.4 DG Summilux ASPH lens for the micro 4/3 lens mount.  To prevent myself from having to type that out again, I’ll just call it the PL25 from here on out…

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