On Tue, 22 Jul 2003 23:30:57 -0500
"Steve and Kathy" <fishfan@xxxxxx> wrote:
> Good evening everyone-
> I subscribed to the list to get more information about my 24
> year
> crush-the OM series.
Welcome to the list, Steve and Kathy. Glad to have you around :)
> My first 35mm was a 1979 OM-1, a high school graduation gift.
> Used it
> with a Zuiko 50mm 1.8 for years. Battery on/off lever broke.
> (couldn't find a repair place) Got Olympus Stylus Zoom 115. Got
> published using it. Got OM-2, Sigma APO 70-210 3.5, Zuiko 50mm
> 1.4. Sunday, bought Zuiko 28mm 2.8.(also a set of front-mount
> close up lenses)
Nice...
> I'm just getting back into real photography. I'm curious to
> read what
> the list thinks are the best Zuiko lenses (lens-test wise) as well
> which ones serve best. I've visited the websites, now I want
> opinions from the true believers.
Well, depending on what you photograph, if you use the right lens for
where it excells, they are all absolutely excellent lenses :) I don't
know of any real "dogs" in the Zuiko lineup, really.
Also, on this list, common opinion is that we do not have a common
opinion :)
Some swear by the SC 100/2.8 (that would be you, Schnooz), others
love the 90/2 and wouldn't trade even for a ton of gold, some (that
would be me) claim that the 55/1.2 is the most useful lens in the
lineup and that all the others are there just for "backup, some
thinks that wide-angles rule (I think Jim Brokaw is to blame here),
whereas others again consider shift-lenses the only real lenses :)
Asking this list for concensus is futile -- we're a way too diverse
crowd.
However there seems to be an agreement that the 50/1.8, especially in
later versions, are really excellent.
>From among what you have, I'd say that the 50/1.4 is nice, but
possibly a tad soft, whereas the 28/2.8 is an absolutely excellent
lens, which is being sold waaay "too cheap" for its quality. That
said, I love my 50/1.4 and 28/2.8 equally, and it's just a matter of
getting to know the lenses and use them where they are really good :)
> I'm probably selling the Sigma eventually and getting Olympus.
> I love
> fast lenses but the weight is a bit annoying.
Sigma made excellent, although underappreciated, lenses among their
lineup of (often cheap and not so excellent) lenses. I guess that the
APO zoom you have is quite decent -- although your desire to change a
non-zuiko to a zuiko "just because" indicates that you are on the
fast track to Zuikoholism. That's considered a good thing in this
neck of the woods :)
> Also, are the 50mm 1.4s with serial # over 1,100,000 really
> better (that
> is, no yellowing?)
Uhmm...I wouldn't really know. If it yellow's then it just mean that
it's time to take up b/w photography, no? :)
--thomas
> Thanks in advance-
> KathyD
>
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