Ah, interesting, I was strongly leaning towards nominating the 50/2 macro
myself. I have GOT to get a EX+ example of this lens as it and a 50/3.5 macro I
once had have both slipped through my fingers. I maintain the 50/2 should be
THE lens Oly bundles for new 4ti purchases. It would showcase Oly's brill-yent
macro system (an arena where AF doesn't rule, BTW).
I too picked up a 135/2.8 recently thanks to Brain Huber's legwork. I can say I
avoided this FL in the past but I am now finding it a pleasure to work with.
Mates well with the 2xa in a pinch.
If I grabbed my 4ti in a hurry, it would probably be loaded with AGFA CT Precisa
or Fujia Astia.
Speaking of those emulsions, I recently road the Durango & Silverton
narrow-gauge railroad (God, what a trip--I suffer for my art!) and brought my
4ti and OMPC loaded with Precisa and Astia respectively. Shots of this trip
taken mostly with the 24/2.8.and 50/1.4 can be seen here:
http://community.webshots.com/album/5584126CZeMAjsNQZ
Well, the Engineer and Fireman shots were taken with a Tamron 90/2.5 macro.
Zuiko heresey? So, shoot me--one size doen't fit all, and the Tamron 90/2.5 vs.
the Zuiko 90/2 fits my budget.
>>> Marc Attinasi <marc@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Oct 11, 2000 >>>
I'd have to pick the 35mm 2.0, but I'd be very tempted to take the 50mm
2.0 macro instead, and I imagine I'd be changing my mind over and over
again until I had to get in the car and go (and I'd probably find I had
the 35 mounted to an OM-1n in the end - loaded with Delta 100 or
Ektachrome 100S).
I have been forcing myself to shoot with the 135 2f.8 exclusively lately
and that has been fun. It is not a focal length I usually use, so I
decided to carry only that lens for a couple of months and it has made
me look at scenes very differently - and I have gotten a couple of nice
shots lately too (but I've missed a couple too!). I recommend the
exercise to anyone with a lens or two that is not getting enough use.
- marc
>From: Ray Moth <ray_moth@xxxxxxxxx>
>Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2000 23:20:13 -0700 (PDT)
>
>...if you had to
>choose only ONE Zuiko lens to use on your OM body, to cover all your
>'conventional' photographic needs (excluding macro, document copying,
>astro, medical and other scientific), what would it be?
>
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