I prefer the 24 as well, but he had already bought the 28.
Winsor
Long Beach, California, USA
On Mar 25, 2005, at 6:17 AM, Skip Williams wrote:
>
> OTOH, I opted to mostly ignore the 21 and 28 and go with the 24 as my
> standard wide angle. I sold my 21/3.5. The 24/2 that I have now
> better matches my view of a wide angle and makes a nice pair with a 35
> or 50. I found that the 21 was often too wide and the 28 didn't feel
> wide enough, or the 28 was too close to my favorite, the 35.
>
> Differnt strokes, huh?
>
> Skip
>
>
> ----- Original Message ---------------
>
> Subject: [OM] Re: 21mm F2 and 24mm f2 - worth the extra over the
> slower 21 and24 zuikos?
> From: Winsor Crosby <wincros@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 10:05:14 -0800
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
>
> ...........
>>
>> Just an additional thought about lens spread. I almost stopped using
>> the 21 after I got the 24. They really are very close visually and I
>> found the the 24 to be a wonderful all around wide angle lens and
>> easier to use than the 21. The reason for 28/2 test being so good is
>> that it was a premiere lens by Olympus. It was about this period that
>> faster lenses began to be designed not just faster, but better as
>> well.
>> If I had the 28 I would get the 21/2 and forget the 24 entirely.
>>
>>
>>
>> Winsor
>> Long Beach, California, USA
>> On Mar 23, 2005, at 3:51 AM, jking@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>>
>>> my
>>> question is it worth buying the 21mm and 24mm F2s? when I already
>>> have
>>> the
>>> 24mm F2.8 and 21mm f3.5.
>>
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