Well, you'll notice you didn't see any Oly's mentioned there either.
But just mount your old 24/2 or 24/2.8 and you're in business. The 21
or 28mm lenses would also make good substitutes. In fact, I have always
understood that the "normal" focal length for a given format is given by
the diagonal of the frame since the subtended angle is supposed to
approximate the concentrated gaze of the human eye. The 4/3 sensor has
a diagonal of 22.5mm so it's nicely bracketed by the Zuiko 21 and 24 as
contenders for a "normal" lens.
Of course, that same rule would say the normal lens for a 35mm size
frame is 43.3mm. My first camera, the Petri 7s was closer at 45mm than
my 50mm lenses. Maybe that's why some folks like the Zuiko 40/2.
Chuck Norcutt
Winsor Crosby wrote:
> Nice article. On an Oly DLSR it gives you a 100 mm crop which is
> right in the middle of the range usual for portraits. I might argue a
> bit with his assertions about current zoom quality vs. a 50 mm of
> very old design, but it is hard to argue with size and weight, the
> intimidation factor, and the ability to throw the background out of
> focus. The simple design of most normal lenses makes for very nice
> bokeh in those out of focus areas.
>
>
> Winsor
> Long Beach, CA
> USA
>
>
> On Oct 3, 2007, at 4:46 PM, Ali Shah wrote:
>
>> http://tinyurl.com/2e7nma
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