Everything about this lens is deceiving! (In a good way) 

Wonderful session! Thank you for sharing! Moving from Leica M back to Olympus/OM Systems was a re-learning challenge for me. My 75mm f1.8 is a treat to use. Sharp, consistent and great for portraits! I’ve always liked that focal length! The earlier EM1mk3 with the 75mm or the Pro series lenses is truly fun to use! 👏

Lovely little video. The use of plenty of images taken with the lens to illustrate what you are referring to in the cometary is particularly helpful but you’d be surprised ho we many of the other people producing content like this don’t do this. Now you have tried the 75mm, I’’d suggest you have a word with OM Systems to see how if they will approve a loan of the trilogy of Pro f1.2 primes - 17mm, 25mm and the one I suspect you will particularly like, the 45mm. The more familiar you become with the various lens options available from Olympus as was, I think the more you will conclude that it’s the quality of the lenses which are the real strength of the system. Regards

Lens, model, etc is just wonderful ❤

Love the one light setup, so simple but very flattering.

What a great lens and a fabulous series of images. Your model is gorgeous. I really liked the close up portraits, especially the one at 2:19 - outstanding!

Phenomenal images! I really appreciate your presentation style... video with voice over showing the shoot with resulting images is incredibly helpful for me since I don't shoot portraits. Knowing you shoot predominantly manual, I'd love to know what the settings were.

You always have so much fun! You have my dream job! ❤😂

Beautiful images!

This model is beautiful!!! I hope you shoot with her again soon. Wow! Thanks for sharing...Peace

As always, John, your "real life review" was exactly what the gear heads should be focused on - quality images that satisfy either the client and/or yourself. And the model is incredibly beautiful and natural. Thanks!

The 75 mm is a fantastic lens and perhaps one of the best of any manufacturer . The Sigma 60mm2.8 is the poor man’s alternative and is priceless for MFT portraits.

Wow, I literally bought this lens "used" for a great price. Can't wait to receive it in a few days ! Thanks for a great video ✌🏼

Great shots- looks like a great lens. Love the shoot and comentry style of presentation. Her skin looks really good / flawless John...what are you doing in post production?

I got this lens recently but I use it on a GH5 for photos and I agree that it has a great balance of compression and focal length for the MFT system. It's sharp and has good colors. And I got it on sale so overall I am very happy with it. I also got the Rokinon 135mm f2 at the same time and wow is that a sharp lens! Two high value lenses for sure.

Gorgeously good images John and great compositions. I especially love the tall grass image. Call me an old fashioned, but I’m wondering if I really would want portrait images of ladies this sharp!! I think I would want a softer perhaps slightly more angelic effect. I think it would be perfect for hard edged subjects eg diamond ring close-ups or monochrome portraits of wizen-faced old men! No offence meant here John, it’s horses for courses; you can’t please everyone! Thanks for explaining that crop sensor lenses don’t compress by their crop factor. I suppose I should have worked this out for myself since it’s the same as a digital crop on a FF sensor. Thanks for the video I really enjoyed it. Keep ‘em coming.

Beautiful work and review. This is the first two lenses I got when I moved to MFT 6 years ago. I am curious whether you are using Auto WB or customized it with the OM1.2. Glad someone doing portraits, event type of shooting as talented as you decided to give MFT a try.

Agree, absolutely gem that lens

Beautiful, stunning. Now I am curious what you would think of the Viltrox 75mm f/1.2 APS-C Which again would have that 75mm compression, albeit with 1.5x instead of 2x crop factor. The Viltrox comes in various mounts, mine is Fujifilm X mount. Again, just curious, because this is a relatively affordable yet impressive lens you might like. That Olympus 75mm lens is a system seller! …but the model is beautiful and the camera rendition is excellent.

I'm coming from the M11 Monochrome. As a (mostly) street shooter, with everything in front of me happening so quickly, I find that my composition suffers if I concentrate on getting the moment. If I try to compose properly, I miss the moment. This happens because focusing is done with the rangefinder, which is terrible for composing. n the end, it becomes distracting. Anyway, it happens often enough that the M43 universe is slowly pulling me in, and I'm starting to invest in more and more lenses for it. Great video, your enthusiasm for the new lightweight camera is clearly evident!

Great video. She is gorgeous!

Ooooow I bought the silver version of this lens (used) for my E-PL8 and agree, it is one fine lens! I intended to sell the camera and lenses (I’m not into mft) but this lens makes me reconsider. In fact, now I consider replacing the camera with a better model 😄

I want that 75mm. I have the Sigma 56/1.4 for my Lumix cameras and it is also phenomenal for portraits.

Cool videos always , of topic what's the brand of your scrim jim ?

Great shoot! 75mm is typically considered a "specialty" lens on m4/3. But because it is so sharp and bright it is actually pretty versatile. Do you use the face/subject detection?

There you go again! I miss my OM and the 75mm!!!

How far back did you have to stand? Might be great for outdoor shoots but in studio?

I am usually not an "Um, actually ..." guy, but I have to nitpick about your idea that the 75 mm "has a 75 mm compression". Compression is not dependent on the focal length but on the distance. And you would need to use the same distance with a 150 mm lens on a FF camera as with the 75 mm on the OM-1. So ... what are you saying exactly? Could you demonstrate the difference you are seeing? Another thing, regarding 4:17: It is an open secret that this lens is patented and manufactured by Sigma. Which explains the great performance. Anyway - thanks for taking us along in the shoot. The stunning results und your verdict definitely renewed my interest. Especially in the silver version.

Rumor is Sigma made that lens for Olympus. I remember reading about it I think on M43 rumors and Sigma owns the copyright pattern on it.

You were so far away from the model John, that wouldn't work for me. However, I'm glad you are happy, that's all that matters.

Smashing eye candy is the result, whatever is happening, IMO. If you already have the system, for whatever reason, that lens looks like a gem.

Always a Treat to watch You, n See what You Get :) :) :)

Lens is in my bag:-))

The look looks like the G Master 70-200 2.8 II. Outdoor. Something about the layout of the lens/elements must be the same.

My absolute favourite is the 45 F1.8. A lens so small and cheap has no right to be so good, ie: outperforming leses at 5 times its retail price.

I know this is a digital lens , but wondering if it covers a full frame 24x35mm sensor? This lens seems to possess every quality that gets people excited about a non-zooming prime lens. Also focus seemed spot on shot after shot. Model must have been Helen of Troy in her past life.

Telephoto lenses do not compress places. What compression are you talcing about?

You need to get 60 mm M Zuiko 2.8 macro

It doesn't hold a candle to the massive subject isolation and stunning resolution I get with my Nikon 105 F1.4 (on my D810)... but for the munchkin sensor in that Olympus... it ain't too bad

I know you really like the lens, but with the exception of a couple of outdoor images they all seemed kind of soft to me. I'm not sure if it's just the processing, etc. But I didn't see the sharpness you talked about throughout the video.