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RE: [OM] Zuiko 85 f2 vs Zuiko 90 f2 Macro

Subject: RE: [OM] Zuiko 85 f2 vs Zuiko 90 f2 Macro
From: Suchismit.Chakravorty@xxxxxxx
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2001 13:27:26 -0500
Empty wallet/Full Cabinet ? What do you think an arsenal of

24/2.0
35-70/3.6
85-250/5.0
35-80/2.8
90/2.0

does to a mere mortal, such as I ?

-Tim

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   From:       Jim Couch <JamesBCouch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
   Sent:       Monday, August 13, 2001 12:46 PM
   To:         olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
   Cc:         Jim Couch <JamesBCouch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
   Subject:    Re: [OM] Zuiko 85 f2 vs Zuiko 90 f2 Macro
   
   Boy do I know what you mean what you mean by empty wallet and full
   cabinet! :)
   I am thinking in terms of the 135/telescoping tube combo as well. I
   am trying to
   come up with the 'ultimate' combo for field macro work. (Yea I know -
   RIGHT!)
   One thing that is attractive about the 90 f2 is that I still have
   good working
   distance and could get by w/o extension tubes in most cases. On the
   other hand,
   if I AM going to carry the telescoping extension tube than the 135
   might make
   some sense. Or maybe I will go back to the good old days of the 35-70
   f3.5~4.5
   with a single extension tube, took some fine flower portraits with
   that combo.
   Ah choices, choices, choices!
   
   Jim Couch
   
   Skip Williams wrote:
   
   > First my take on the 90/2 vs 85/2.  The 90/2 is quite a brute of a
   lens, and
   > not one I'd take just anywhere.  The 85/2, as Tom pointed out, is
   VERY
   > compact and produces very nice images.  Both would be the "easiest"
   > solution.  I just got my 85/2 about 4 weeks ago, and I'm very
   pleased.
   >
   > SNIP
   
   > Third, I was playing around with the 135/4.5 & Auto-Tube last week
   and I was
   
   > surprised at the versatility of that combo.  You get a macro with a
   very
   > large working distance, which is good for insects.  And you get a
   general
   > purpose 135, which I used for a few portraits wide open (no slides
   back yet
   > though).  The downside is that the combo is very heavy and bulky.
   > Skip
   >
   
   
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