Hi Joey,
Yes wide angles are wonderful--I've got and use often all the Zuiko wides
from 21-35. In fact, a 35/2 or 28/2 stays on one of my bodies at all times,
kinda use it as a normal lens. The thing that I like about wides is that
the force you to get closer to your subject and that they provide you with
much more complex compositional possibilities. Lately much of my so called
portrait work has been done w/ a 24 or 28--rather than the more traditional
head/upper torso shots with blurred background, these "environmental
portraits" tend to allow one to place the subject in a context which to my
mind gets more interesting w/ time.
In my experience, Zuikos tend to not to suffer from edge distortion as much
as other older or less precise designs and are actually very fine lenses
(see Gary's lens tests listed below.
I have a spare (redundant) 28/2.8 (MC in excellent condition) for sale if
you are interested.
Glen Lowry
lowry@xxxxxx
Gary Reese's test page:
http://members.aol.com/olympusom/lenstests/default.htm
-----Original Message-----
From: Joey Richards <bigjoe@xxxxxxx>
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: September 29, 1999 10:14 AM
Subject: [OM] lenses
>Hello,
>
>I have been happily snapping away with my 50mm/1.4 zuiko for a few
>months now and I think I'd like to pick up a wide angle lense to
>play around with. I'm thinking of either 24mm or 28mm f/2.8 zuikos.
>
>I've heard that below about 28mm, significant distortion tends to occur
>around image edges. Is this something that is really a problem? I'd
>like to get as wide as possible, but I don't want to end up limiting
>myself because everything looks funny through the 24mm lens... It doesn't
>seem to me that it would be that much of an issue, but I'd appreciate
>any comments anyone has.
>
>Anyway, any thoughts anyone has about how to choose between these
>would be appreciated... as would notes from anyone interested in selling
>such a lens (in excellent condition)
>
>Thanks
>
>joey
>
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