Originally posted by arnold Interesting effect with that filter. Nice contrast on the eyes of the lower picture, and high key on the remainder. Good shot. Sharper than the first picture. Wide open shooting is not forgiving on focus.
Yes I noticed that a dark yellow filter dramatically improves the washed out performance of the XP2.
Regarding the lady, she was annoying because she didn't want to be photographed and she was moving in order to avoid the camera, I think the softness is due to that.
The kid is another story: I was shooting a sheep show standing down close to the stage...here there are the pics:
And the child in front of me turned 180 degrees and stared at the camera for the necessary time to shoot a portrait, he was a more patient model than then Lady, that was pretty casual and I took the picture in two seconds because I didn't want to be noticed by his parents.
However, I took 74 exposures with the LX and the M85 and all of them are good, I don't want to flood the thread with my pics but here there are some:
The M85 is not just an excellent portrait lens but a very good all around performer that can replace a standard lens and can be used to photograph anything.