Paul, welcome to the list. I participate on occasion, but have a difficult
time keeping up with the list traffic, most goes unread.
I longed for an OM2 way back when, but due to financial constraints
never pursued it. In the last several years that has all changed. The
first OM-4t I held seemed so familiar, I could have sworn I had used it
for years. Must have been that Nikromat I owned. I certainly have had
an over abundance of equipment of late, and have been giving quite a
bit away to good homes.
After you have been on the list for a while, I think you will change
your desire for the 50/1.2 to a 50/1.4 SN > 1e6. Having both, the 1.4
gets the most use. Even the fabled 50/1.8 MC "made in Japan", or the
50/2 macro are more useable to me. How many pictures can you really
take wide open with a 1.2? The only advantage I can think of is
focusing ability in the dark, or blurry nose with sharp eyes ... ahhh,
ignore all that! 50/1.2 is a neat (must have) lens. I just found a
50/1.2 lens hood for mine, you gotta have that as well. But you have to
promise not to smoke or drown any more oly gear now that Olympus has
stopped the OM line.
Wayne /camera_buff_imagining_himself_to_be_a_photographer
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