On 16 Mar 2000, at 19:29, Ron Spolarich wrote:
> Over the past few days, many on the list have expressed a love for the 100mm
> or the 85mm lenses for portraiture, and for the sake of discussion, lets
> ignore the speed of the lense for the moment. Both of these are most often
> mounted on my body also. But I wonder what other Zuiks prefer to shoot
> with. Let's also try to avoid how the subject matter dictates which lense
> to use. Though that maybe difficult. I'm really more interested in what
> you LOVE to shoot with.
>
> I find that, more often then not, I switch between my 100mm and my 35-70mm
> lenses. I'm asking this question because of two recent purchases I made
> (300/4.5 and 180/2.8) and whether either of these will see much action out
> of my bag? I had previously owned the 100-200mm F5 which I truly disliked.
> It was slow, dark and difficult to focus. So maybe as a second question,
> how often do list members use their super teles?
>
Now that we have kids, I have two distinct styles of shooting: "kids"
and "not-kids". With fast moving little ones (1 & 3 yrs old), the
choices are 85, 50 and 21, in that order, or sometimes just the
Stylus Epic.
When not shooting the kids, I often carry two bodies, with the 85
on one, and the 21/3.5 on the other, with a 50/1.8 in a pocket. If
travelling really light, I'll carry just the OM-1 with 35/2.8 or 50/1.8.
I find the 135/3.5 can actually make a nice portrait lens, if you have
the time, space and lighting for it, as focussing is a bit tough in dim
light. Since getting my 85, the 135 has seen little use except for
occasional scenic shots.
As many have stated, both the 85/2 and 21/3.5 are truly gems in
the Zuiko line. My ADITL3 shot was done with the 21, and recently
one of my first shots taken with this lens was chosen for a music
CD cover for the school:
http://zuiko.sls.bc.ca/swright/Photos/School/9811sa-34s.jpg)
It is an amazingly fun lens to use!
Shawn Wright, I.T. Manager
Shawnigan Lake School
swright@xxxxxxxxx
http://Zuiko.sls.bc.ca/swright
http://www.sls.bc.ca
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