In a message dated 2000-01-24 10:33:35 PM Eastern Standard Time,
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Date: 2000-01-24 10:33:35 PM Eastern Standard Time
From: garth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Garth Wood)
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At 02:12 PM 1/24/00 -0500, John Pendley wrote:
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>Ouch! Thats' one of the reasons I got interested in Oly: light bodies and
>lenses to save my surgically repaired back. Guess I'll have to be
especially
>careful in choosing just those lenses that suit my needs. Thankfully, I've
>never been a long tele kind of guy--not yet, at least. I'm thinking
something
>like 24, 28 or 35, 50, 85 or 100, 200, with at least one macro in there
>somewhere. Maybe the Tamron 90. And a 1.4 tele extender. And a flash.
And
>two bodies. Gosh, it adds up doesn't it? Guess I'll have to get out of the
>habit of taking along everything I own.
John:
On my last trip to Europe, I forced myself to take one body (an OM-4) and
three Zuikos: a 21/2.0, 28/2.0 and 100/2.0. I thought I'd miss all the extra
kit, but in fact it was quite liberating (not to mention *much* lighter and
easier to pack into my carry-on). I'd really forgotten just how much I like
my 28/2.0, for example. I intend to continue taking just pieces of my kit,
rather than every bloody thing I own. ;-)
Garth
>>
Hi Folks,
My OM kit is down to 21F3.5, 28F2.0, 50F1.4, 100F2.0 and 65-200F4.0
zoom. I have other OM stuff but I'm planning on getting rid of them, and the
50F1.4 if a subsequent 50F1.2 proves as sharp. Also I plan on trying the
50F2.0 macro and 35-80F2.8 zoom--especially since I've learned that it has a
"reasonable" 62mm filter thread instead of an unreasonable 72mm. Plus backup
in the form of the Stylus Epic and GR1.
I wish I could say that I was super disciplined, but I can't. You see
the OM is my "Leica" system--chosen when I want to be very low key, have a
tricky lighting situation (requiring the OM4 of course), or just want to
travel light. If you're going to mess with a tripod or going to shoot way out
into the boonies (but within 200 yards of your car), you may as well shoot
medium format.
Alex
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