Chip, my point too-if you need something Olympus doesn't deliver-no choice
but go elsewhere and Tokina does make some good stuff.
I know Albert is new to Olympus and it would be a shame to see him run right
out to a 3rd party lens until he has tried atleast a few of the Zuiko's and
been bitten by the beauty of the system's own main products that are small
and compact.
Nowadays, most people ignore totally a 50mm lens and go straight for a zoom
too. What a shame. You are giving up one of the sharpest and fastest lens in
the system that will teach you the most about composition and stealth that
zooms corrupt.
Olympus zooms are not my favorites I hate to admit. Actually, I am not a zoom
fan overall. I really like my Zuiko 35-70mm 3.6 -don't get me wrong. But I
would just a soon crop a good picture from a sharp negative later, instead of
giving away quality by going zoom instead of a prime,prime in the first
place. I also enjoy backpacking with 20 pounds of primes versus one nice
zoom ... Oh yeah-that is why I have that 35-70mm, just incase : )
That said, I have more than my share of off brands and converters etc...
I wish my Tamron 400mm f4 said Zuiko and that my awesome Vivitar Series 1
450mm f4.5 mirror didn't get that "ohhhhh-it's a Vivitar" look that 990f
people think of "Vivitar-$5 point and shoots" not realizing it is one
space-age marvel eating alive any other mirror I have shot with short of
Questar (I haven't yet). It has a shallower depth of field so it has much
less donut.... "Booookah"-had to try and drop that in : )
Overall though, Zuiko to me means great primes with great feel and ofcourse,
compactness.
Cost to price ratio is on most peoples minds too ofcourse-that is why Tamron
makes a Leica R adapter. Zuiko isn't Zei$$ or $ummicron, but Zuikos are a
great deal.
Brand name is not printed from a datback on the bottom of your slide when all
is said and done and thank god.
Happy Holidays everyone!
John R
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