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>Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 00:02:25 +0100
>From: "John Duggan" <john.duggan1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: [OM] Olympus F1.2 lens.
>
>Fellow listmembers,
> A local photo dealer has a mint -minus
>Silver nosed F1.2 S.C. lens fo sale. 55mm filter thread? What is the "going
>price" for this lens ? The dealer is asking about £165. - $235.
> Has anyone any experience of using this lens ? I have been
>told that fast lenses can give very "soft or plastic " out of focus effects
>which can give very good portrait results
>
This lens is soft in the corners, according to test data that I have seen. I
think it is a fair price, since it is a rare lens. You would be better off
technically to obtain a used newer 50/1.2 for about 270$.
--
Be Seeing You.
Dirk Wright
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