On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 12:59 PM, Sandy Harris <sandyinchina@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> Paul Braun <pbraun42@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Since the fancy 40-150/2.8 Pro lens looks like it's not coming out until
> a
> > year from now, and may be prohibitively expensive, I'm looking at the
> more
> > pedestrian m. Zuiko 40-150/4.0-5.6 on loan from His Mooseness.
>
> Would an adapted lens do you? Nikon made a 75-150 f3.5 that gets
> rave reviews Others had similar lenses: One page I found said Oly
> were first and others copied them. Canon FD, Pentax, Minolta, all
> constant-aperture, though some were slower. Tokina tried to one-up
> them all with a 60-120 f2.8.
>
> You'd lose auto everything, most of these were one-ring zooms
> and zoom creep was a common problem. On the other hand, the
> Nikon is under $100 today at KEH or Adorama and adapters are
> cheap. On a speed booster the Nikon would give you constant
> f2.4 aperture over a 105-210 equivalent range.
> --
>
For concerts, I'd kinda like to get away from manual everything - zone
focus only works up to a point, but if the performer moves around quite a
bit, hitting a fn button for focus peaking or focus zoom and then shooting
means I've usually lost the shot. I've been using my OM 100/2.8 quite a
bit, and occasionally the OM 75-150, but the manual-focus process is
usually a bit cumbersome.
I'm still toying with ideas, so thanks for the suggestions. However, this
MFT lens is very compact when retracted and very light, so I might end up
with it anyway to carry in my day bag if I decide it's not quite what I
need for peformance photos.
--
Paul Braun
Certified Music Junkie
"Music washes from the soul the dust of everyday life." -- Berthold Auerbach
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