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RE: [OM] 50mm f/3.5 macro

Subject: RE: [OM] 50mm f/3.5 macro
From: Wayne Harridge <Wayne.Harridge@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1999 21:22:15 +1100

> -----Original Message-----
> From: james olson [SMTP:james_olson@xxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Friday, January 08, 1999 4:42 PM
> To:   olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject:      [OM] 50mm f/3.5 macro
> 
> 
> i have been having a conversation with another list member off line 
> about the merits of the zuiko 50mm 3.5 macro, as a standard lens in my 
> uses.  while i don't personally have the 50mm 2.0 macro, we both agree 
> that the 50/3.5 is a magical lens.  of all the slides i have, i can 
> honestly say i can tell which slides are taken with the 50/3.5.  they 
> have a beautiful quality that is very evident when using the same lens 
> as a slide loupe for color slides. 
> 
        I am very pleased with mine, however I don't have the f2 either.  I
also have several 50mm f1.8 and a 50mm f1.4, but tend to use the f3.5 macro
a lot as you never know when you will need to get that bit closer and I
don't like the idea of carrying more than 1 lens of the same focal length if
I don't need to.  Obviously there are occasions when you really need the
extra speed of the f1.4.

> i would imagine the "technical lens test" numbers (SQF, etc.) would say 
> this lens is inferior in numbers to other lenses.....  but that is 
> exactly why i feel lens tests based on numbers are not really that 
> revealing.
> 
        Agreed

        ...Wayne



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