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Re: [OM] wide angles

Subject: Re: [OM] wide angles
From: ALEXSCIFI@xxxxxxx
Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2000 07:55:56 EST
In a message dated 2000-01-27 3:43:25 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
cmib@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:

<< >
 > > If you want a supwerwide Zuiko for landscape work, the 21/3.5
 > > zuiko would be the best choice.
 >
 >It might indeed be the way to go. I'm very satisfied with the 28/3.5 (apart
 >from the slow speed, which becomes an issue when using the lens indoors), so
 >using a 21mm as a complimentary lens (and ditching the 24mm) might not be a
 >bad idea. For now, I'll give the 24/2.8 some more tries to see if I can get
 >more satisfying results with it, and if not, then I'll consider getting a
 >21mm.
 
 That is what I have done: I now have a 21/3.5 complementing (note the 
 'e' BTW) my 28/2.8.    But only to rationalise my range, since the 
 24/2.8 worked very well for me.
 
 >....  the various samples. One thing I did notice
 >though is that the 28/2 seems to get extremely high grades. If this lens
 >really is every bit as good as the test shows, then it will make sense to
 >look for one of those as a superior replacement for the 28/3.5.
 
 The 28/2 is a good lens, with good close-up capability, but it is 
 larger than the 28/2.8 (and I suppose the 3.5) and I am always aiming 
 for compactness.
 >
 >Normally one would assume the F2 versions to outperform the F3.5 versions.
 >So, what's the list conscensus about the 28/2 vs. the 28/3.5, and about the
 >21/2 vs. the 21/3.5?
 >
 >Cheers!
 >Olafo
 
 Not necessarily because I remember reading a lens test about 15 years 
 ago in which the f2 lens was slated for being much softer than its 
 slower sister.  However, I am not a good judge of lenses in general.
 
 Chris
  >>
Do you recall the name of the magazine Chris?

Alex

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