On Wed, 4 Nov 1998 JIM_TEO@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
|On Sat, 31 Oct 1998, Joel Wilcox wrote:
|
||At 03:49 PM 10/31/1998 -0500, John you wrote:
||>
||>To be sure, I have never used the 35-70/3.5-4.5 that many seem to be
||>enamored with. However, the only reason that I could tell the
||>difference between pics taken with the 35-70/3.6 and the 90/2 macro is
||>the fact that I took the pictures myself. I sold the 3.6 only because
||>its lack of true speed compromised its utility in situations where I
||>would have liked it to shine (e.g., indoor portraiture, stage/theater
||>photography, etc.). I have replaced it with the Vivitar Series I
||>35-85/2.8 VariFocal, supposedly until I can afford a Zuiko 35-80/2.8.
||>
||Hi John,
||
||How do you like the Viv 35-85 in comparison to the Zuiko 35-70/3.6?
|
|I just answered that question (somewhat) for another poster; so I'm
|going to cheat and paste & copy my reply.
|
|The Vivitar fulfills my needs for a fast standard zoom at the moment,
|although I would greatly prefer a true zoom a la Zuiko 35-80/2.8.
|Another advantage of the Zuiko is the fact that it takes 62mm filters,
|like the Nikon 5T and 6T dual element diopters I already own. As I
|indicated before, the zoom comes into its own for low light indoor
|scenes where movement is restricted (stage/theater photography) or
|situations where constant lens changing may be distracting (indoor
|photography, especially with a nervous, impatient model).
|
|
| John
| You mean that you like the Viv 35-85 because it is a fast lens.
| Do you always take picture at full aperature F2.8 and never at F5.6,
| etc...?
Yes, I like it because it is fast. I wear corrective eyewear (glasses
or contacts), and my vision is severely strained in low light
situations, making it difficult to focus. It is irrelevant whether I
shoot at f/2.8, f/5.6, or whatever; the auto diaphragm of a fast lens
guarantees comfortable focusing. Besides, I love dramatic, low light
photography which is just another reason for my fast lens fetish.
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