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Subject: Re: [OM] Keeping "unused" lens
From: "Clemente Colayco" <litefoot@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 08:34:46 +0800
Yes, george ? Offer that sweet little 24 F 2.8 for sale at a sweeet price to
me....

----- Original Message -----
From: "George M. Anderson" <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 4:13 AM
Subject: RE: [OM] Keeping "unused" lens


>
> Ahhh, deep breath.
>
> My input - gotta admit, my Zuikos are mainly sitting around collecting
dust
> due to not much opportunity to photograph and due to my interests right
now
> being using 4x5s for big landscape work and using my 645 with Agfa Scala
for
> some off-beat unusual work I'm trying to do.
>
> That said, a year ago or so I got some great shots in Yosemite of Half
Dome
> and full moon and Sunset on Horsetail Falls, all with Zuikos - 180/2,
> 350/2.8 and the 1.4 and 2x.  Beautiful Velvia slides resulted.  Hopefully,
> I'll get a chance to print some soon.
>
> More to the point, though, I've been wanting to thin out the Zuikos and
get
> rid of some overlap for a couple of years.  But I just haven't been able
to
> bring myself to do it. Some thinking:
>
> Lenses I use the most:
> Same as next list with addition of 35-80/2.8 and 90/2 macro
>
> ***
> Lenses I doubt I'll ever sell: (far too expensive to do this kind of work
in
> larger formats. Plus, these are world class lenses)
> 16/3.5
> 50/2 macro
> 180/2
> 1.4x
> 350/2.8  (BUT - Here's a month's living expenses!)
>
> ***
> Lenses I thought I'd never sell until recently:
> 28-48/4 (great little lens, but I got a 28/2, the 35-80 zoom and several
> 50s)
> 35-80/2.8 (fantastic lens, right down to wide open.  But I could use the
> $$$s.)
> 50/1.2 (after all I've got the 50/2. But this lens is incredibly sharp
...)
> 80, 90 or 135 macro (how can I justify keeping all of these? Can anyone
HELP
> ME?)
>
> ***
> Others I have a hard time justifying keeping all of due to overlap:
> 24/2.8
> 28/2
> 135/2.8
>
> ***
> Lenses I've sold and wish I hadn't:
> 21/3.5
> 100/2
>
> ***
> Lenses I'd like to buy even now:
> 18/3.5 OR 21/3.5 MC
>
> I know, nice problems to have?  But I've been an Olympus user since the
late
> 70's so I've had plenty of chance to collect stuff.
>
> So, here I sit, trying to pick the next lens on the chopping block.
> 28-48/4?; 24/2.8; 135/2.8?
> Any help out there?
>
> George
>
>
>
> > My 35-80/2.8 is always on my 4Ti, the other lense I take
> > around with me sometimes is my 65-200/4, my fixed lenses
> > all seem to stay in the cupboard now, or come out for the
> > odd bit of macro work.
> >
> > Cheers
> > Ian B Manners
>
>
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