On Monday, October 08, 2001 at 9:59, M. Royer <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote on "Re: AW: [OM] Re: 8mm on eBay," saying..
> I've said it before and I'll say it again. Nothing
> (not even my 24 Shift :) beats the 8mm fisheye in the
> coolness factor. I live in Rochester and they have an
> 8mm fisheye on an OM-1 at the George Eastman house
> which is bar none the best photog museum in the world.
> Its behind glass and I practically drooled when I saw
> it. Too bad its just for looking and not for using,
> I'd borrow it in a heartbeat. They also have some
> other cool lenses like the .98 f-stop canon normal
> lens, which is simply ridiculously gigantic.
I think the Canon is f/0.95.
Tom
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