Olympus Pen F w/Olympus 17mm f1.8 Lens at Meadowlark Botanical Gardens ep.300 

I accidentally cut out the last image in the video. Here it is on Instagram: instagram.com/p/COE9EvNnFk3/? Thanks for watching!

Absolutely stunning images! Thanks again for another great photo walk. I especially liked the double exposure, but everything is terrific!

JPEG’s are often overlooked , but they have a place in the scheme of things. Inspirational images such as these you shared with us would make make an invaluable contribution to any photo book . Sure, Raw images give you more to play with , but it was the quality of the JPEG’s that most of us consider Shen we purchase out cameras and Olympus colours are among some of the best you can get . Thanks again Rob .

New EM5 M2 and 75-300 Shooting Wood peckers in the Park with you settings ....Thanks for your great advice

Gorgeoooous compositions ! These gardens & woods are definitively a playground of choice for you ;)

Rob ... I love your gently narrated short treks ... informative, artsy, simple .... Doug, Penf lover with Olympus 30mm macro ... I look forward to more short treks - thanks!

good photos and presentations

The Pen F is magnificent. I pair it with my vintage Pen F 42mm 1.2. The images are stunning.

Very nice black & white Pen-F compositions. Well done Rob!

It is a magic combo and you inspired me to use my PEN F with the buil-in filters on jpeg more often. Thanks for the walk Rob and great pics by the way!

Nice location Rob. Thanks for sharing .

Another nice video from "The Hand Of Trek". : ) Keep talking in those videos so we see what you're thinking when taking these shots Rob. Using B&W filters is something I haven't done in a loooooooooooooong time so it was nice to see your results!!!

Thank you Rob

The 17mm f1.8 is a great lens for walkabout photography. I especially like it for street shots at night where the fast lens and superb IBIS combine to allow great hand held shots as slow as 2s or more and at 200 ISO. My only negative comment would be that it doesn’t seem to focus as close as eg either of the 2 “standard zooms” (12-40 PRO or 14-42 EZ) for close ups.

My absolute favourite camera too Rob, I like my 17mm as well. The combination is great, I love it!. :)

Thanks for this photowalk Rob! The Pen-F & the 17mm 1.8 lens is a perfect combo. I use this combo very often. The location and your photos are awesome, especially the one with the old bench and the red bush. Very interesting are the double exposure photos. A good inspiration for me because I never tried this. The Pen-F is(was) the most underrated camera in the market, unfortunately. The front dial functions are amazing for my photography. Thanks again for your great video Rob!

Great video all nice images. How is your horizon on your Pen f ? Mine has gone a bit off level. I got mine thanks to you. So have owned it about the time as yours. Can the Horizon be corrected in camera do you know. Thank you.

Very nice video Rob (and photos).

Alot of good shots there Rob !

Great compositions Rob with the 17mm. I am inspired as usual with your photo walks. In some instances I would love to see the colour version of your b&w shots, is there any possibility of posting both for a selection of shots from your next walk? As usual, great stuff and thanks a bunch.

Another great walk, Rob. Splendid! Wait! The Pen F has a add on VF? I didn't recall that.

Hey Rob. Great video again. I enjoy every one of them. I am going to get this lens and the 45 for the EM1 mk2. I wanted to ask you which lens would be the one lens travel solution for the EM1mk2? Something sharp and weather sealed like the latest Lumix 14 to 140 power OIS. I need that range from wide to telephoto. I need the quality to be good but don't want to spend money on PRO line of lenses as it is only for personal use. Does the Panny 14-140 Power OIS work well on EM1 MK2? Also, how is the focussing on the 17f1.8 indoors when lights are on? What's the Minimum focussing distance like? I mostly shoot pics of my toddler who walks right up to the camera when I try to take pics, so quick focusing and good MFD is important for me?

SOOC , just learned that on Rob's forum.

Nice vid, Frank from Wales

Would you please explain your step up/polarizer/hood setup?

Yeah, straite out i could see you were very very at home with that 17mm lens. Getting compositions were coming to you much easier. I enjoyed it also and gave me some more perspective as how i can use the lens. Will still be getting a 25mm also at some stage. Great video.

Which one do you prefer and why,, ep5 or pen F?

What are the step rings for?

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I always shoot SOOC jpg. Of course you get great photos with it. Olympus has very nice colour profiles and with Lumix i really appreciate the L.Monochrome. But what is so special about using jpg? Because it goes against the common youtuber doctrine that you should shoot RAW? There are even youtubers who wear jumpers with the slogan "I shoot RAW". How childish. What do they mean by that? Are you a better photographer because you can use an image editing programme? I don't wear a jumper that says "I shoot jpg".