[Imaging Resource] Why the Olympus 14-42mm Mk. 1 lens makes a perfect introduction to

For generations of Olympus Micro Four Thirds cameras, the lens you got in your kit was the fairly decent, but not amazing, Olympus 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6 mark I. Since replaced by newer revisions, and available for cheap online, it's not up to much anymore. But a quirk of its design makes it uniquely suited to an unusual technique: freelensing. Freelensing, if you don't know, is holding the lens of your camera away from its body, so that the focal plane is intentionally no longer parallel to the sensor. Essentially, it's a way of...
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