In the message I received, Stephen Rosenblum writes:
Welcome to ZA[1], Stephen.
Grab a chair, help yourself to cookies and drinks at the table. :-)
> After using mainly
>rangefinder cameras and Canon EOS gear I recently purchased a used OM4T
>and a 40/2 lens as well as the 28/2.8 lens. I love this camera!!
Congratulations. How do you find the 'pancake' (40mm) lens?
[Read to the sound effects of can of worms being open]
>I am trying to decide which medium telephoto to get to round out my
>kit. I am considering the 100/2, 100/2.8, and 85/2. I have been told
>that the 100/2 produces incredible images even wide open, but I wonder
>if it is that much better than the other two lenses. The 100/2.8 and
>85/2 weigh much less, cost less, and use 49mm filters like my other
>two lenses. Is the 100/2 worth the difference in price and weight? I
>will be using the lens for portraits, travel and landscape photos.
>Also, is the best place to buy these lenses on ebay?
One thing you won't get is a definitive answer as to which lens is
better. :-) Each of the lenses named above are great. I myself am in the
100/2.8 SC basket. It has the reach I like, it is small and handy, gives
nice sharp photos and has that special 'glow'. OTOH, there are quite a
few people that weren't happy with their 100/2.8 claiming that it's too
soft or just not right.
85/2 is a nice small lens, not as common as 100/2.8. It's sharp, small,
fast. Many on the list prefer this lens. Can't say much about it, don't
have it ... yet.
100/2 is one of the finest lenses Olympus ever made[2]. Up there with the
big guys. It's part of your 12 stop plan[3]. Well worth the money and
counts as first stop. :-)
Of course, if you don't regularly enlarge your photos beyond 8x10 you
probably won't notice any difference between the lenses. (Heretic? Me?)
And, to answer your question which lens to get: Why, all of them, of
course. :-)
And yes, eBuy is one of the venues where occasionally people report to
get really good deals on some of the OM equipment. I have not been privy
to such luck yet, so I'd take their e-mails filled with excitement about
'fanging'[4] that 90/2 with a fistful of salt.
Saso
[1] Zuikoholics Anonymous, a.k.a. "Hotel California"
[2] See Gary Reese's OM lens test
http://members.aol.com/olympusom/lenstests/default_m.htm#100mm
[3] Dr. John's 12-stop Rehab program
http://users2.ev1.net/0.000000E+00wesiddiquis/siddiq/jl2.html
[4] Named after Doris Fang, a member of the list that used to get incredible
bargains, mainly in garage sales and somesuch. Generally, anything that
you get for less than one 10th of a price is definitely a fang.
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