Another advantage of these concerts where the singers can't move around too much is pre-setting the focus at a certain f-stop. If you then want to take a photograph just raise the camera to your eye, change EC if necessary and press the button. Bingo.

Certainly the lens lacks a little contrast, but nearly all of these older lenses do. Lens design and manufacture has improved over time as well as new lens coatings have been introduced. I don't find it a problem that they lack a little contrast, just add a little more during post processing. Some might find that remark a little disturbing, but then again I don't earn my living by being a professional photographer. They might see things a little different than myself.

Like I said in the previous post, if you get the focus right, you cannot complain about image quality (provided you get a good copy of the lens of course). I must admit, I was shooting constantly with the two system I took and I did have a lot of misfocused shots. I deleted a lot of images from this outing. But, the more I used it, the more I knew where to focus to get in focus what I wanted in focus. practice makes perfect the say, and I personally don't shoot often enough to reach perfection with these systems.

Just a couple more posts about this lens. This was taken when the band was having a break so I had plenty of time to concentrate on this set of drums. I just liked the lighting at the time so I took a couple of shots to ensure I got a sharp one. I never take just one shot of anything (except when the camera is on a tripod and the light is fading fast).

Towards evening I got stuck with this band. Moving was not on the cards and I got a seat quite close to the band. I found out why as they started the next song. I had the main loudspeaker right in front of me and, believe me, it was loud. Nothing I could do about it though, it was the only free space in the house. Again, good music.

You can use this lens not only for portrait shots but for all sort of things. What struck me here with this shot of leaves floating down the river was the colour accuracy. The OM-D got this right and the rendition of the lens is wonderful.

There's quite a few bandstands around the river Main during the weekend, but they're so spread out that they don't interfere with each other. I spent around an hour with each band before moving to the next and I continued to do this all afternoon. When evening comes though, doing this is an impossibility because of the crowds. An estimated 3 million people attended during the weekend and moving around is a real problem.