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This is Digital Darkroom Derby #194, a digital image editing/processing challenge. These challenges are open to everyone. If you have any interest in practicing or improving your image editing and post-processing skills, please feel free to join in! Please read the rules here. Short version -> Host provides the challenge image and selects the winner, who then becomes the next host. Derby closes on Monday 22nd at around 08:00UTC. RAW and JPEG files are here.

Welcome to Digital Darkroom Derby #195, a digital image editing/processing challenge. These challenges are open to everyone. If you have any interest in practicing or improving your image editing and post-processing skills, please feel free to join in! Please read the rules here. Short version -> Host provides the challenge image and selects the winner, who then becomes the next host. This image is of Birmingham Central Library here in the UK, shot with my Olympus 8mm fisheye. I've included 3x JPEGS/ORFs to allow creation of an HDR if you wish. ORFs and JPEGS are here Competition closes 0.00 GMT, 27th April. Good luck :)

I’ve noticed a few threads mentioning repeated purchases of the same lens. This got me thinking about the large number of lenses we micro four thirds users have to choose from and, if I had my time over or had to start from nothing, would I pick the same glass I have now. Here’s the results of an honest think over a cuppa (with biscuits). Yes = Oly 17mm f1.8 - my go to 'out & about' lens. Oly 45mm f1.8 - love this one for portraits. Oly 12040 f2.8 Pro - the all rounder for family stuff. Maybe = Oly 40-150 f2.8 Pro - OK it’s (a lot!) lighter than the old Canon kit I used to lug around and it’s never let me down, however… I’d be tempted to sacrifice the wider aperture and go for the smaller & lighter f4 Pro version. Oly 60mm f2.8 macro - bought for a forthcoming project to digitise old 35mm slides and negs but after that I’m not sure I’ll have a use for it. The 17mm has a very short minimum focussing distance and the 45mm is, IMHO, better for portraits. Oly MC-14 1.4 Tele Converter - undecided on this one possibly because I've not used it much. It was an impulse buy as the eBay seller listed it in the wrong section and I got it for a good price. No = Oly 300mm f4 Pro - a stonkingly good lens: fast focussing, small (relatively) and excellent IQ. Great for planned shoots from a fixed vantage point. I suspect I’d have been better off with the greater versatility of the Oly or Panny 100-400. I console myself with the knowledge that I got this off eBay, pre-loved, for a great price. Plus it oozes quality both in the hand and in what it produces. Maybe I should just use it more. I’m curious to know what others would do differently and why.

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