Giles Stewart wrote:
>The OM lens PDF brochure says the 35-80 will focus to 0.6m and the
>85mm f2 focuses to 0.85m. This publication does contain some errors
>so these figures might be off.
to Foxy's statement:
>>
>> Also remember that the zoom lens will not focus as close as the prime
lens
>>
I can confirm Giles' statement above. I would like to add that the
following lenses have automatic correction mechanism for chromatic
aberration at close distance aberrations (minimal focus in parentheses):
18mm/3.5 (0.25m)
21mm/2 (0.2m)
24mm/2 (0.25m)
28mm/2 (0.3m)
50mm/2 (0.24m) Macro
50mm/3.5 (0.23m) Macro
85mm/2 (0.85m)
90mm/2 (0.4m) Macro
100mm/2 (0.7m)
My source is the Olympus Lens Group brochure in Japanese. Which lenses you
need should be determined by what you shoot.
I was out shooting a couple of Eastern Cottontails in my neighborhood this
evening (8:30 p.m. EDT on). The sun had already set by that time. I used
my OM-4T with a 70-210mm/4.5-5.6 (new Cosina-made Zuiko) and my film was
Fuji Super G 800 pushed to 1600 to take pictures with available light. With
a 2-4 screen in, I was able to focus on the rabbits fairly well, but it was
getting darker and darker. After taking several shots, I went home to
change the lens to a 100mm/2.8. Even though I was able to inch myself
closer to the rabbits without their jumping out of my sight, I found it
harder to focus. It was easier with the zoom at 210mm with a bit more light
ten minutes or so earlier. Depending on the subject size, the 35-80mm range
does have limitations.
When I started my SLR photography with my M-1, I had just a standard lens,
50mm/1.8. Then I added a 200mm/5 because I wanted to shoot some relatively
large birds although I soon found out that the 200mm/5 was not enough when
you are far away. Lately I have found other uses for my 200mm/5 in my
fine-art photography.
Many years later I added a 28mm/2.8 and the 100mm/2.8. (about 9 years ago).
My 100mm/2.8 gave me a lot of interesting photographs. More recently I
added a 35-70mm/3.5-4.5, which became my favorite snapshot lens. At the
same time I bought a 35mm/2.8 shift.
I can go on, but I think it is better to start with one or two prime lenses
and become familiar with it.
Tomoko Yamamoto
Photographer, Composer, Soprano
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