John's right; "inexpensive" is a better term.
You can often find inexpensive third party lens for the OM system that
perform well. I'm thinking Tamron, Tokina, and Kiron specifically. They
will be larger and heavier than a comparable Zuiko. Kiron made a 28 mm f/2
and f/2.8 lens in Olympus mount. I have the f/2 variety, and have been
pleased with it. I paid $94 (new) for this lens from Adorama, but they
regularly sell for $50 or so on da Bay. I think that I've seen the f/2.8
version go for around $30 or so.
Bill Stanke
----- Original Message -----
From: "John A. Lind" <jlind@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, July 05, 2002 9:42 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] How to find cheap replacement OM-4?
At 09:43 7/5/02, Arild Eikenæs Vengen wrote:
>Also, what wide-angle (24mm/28mm) are cheap?
There are three 28mm Zuiko's and two 24mm Zuiko's, not counting the single
and multicoated variants: 28/3.5, 28/2.8, 24/2.8, 28/2, and 24/2
The 28mm f/3.5 is "cheap." It's also not a very good performer among the
Zuiko lenses with noticeably lower contrast, and higher falloff, especially
at the wider apertures. Resolution is OK. Build quality is the same as
for all Zuiko lenses. Noticeably better, for not much more money is the
28/2.8 that replaced it. In general, the 28mm lenses sell for less than
the same speed and equivalent condition 24mm lenses. I listed the lenses
above in order of the pricing I would expect to see from least to most
expensive.
BTW, assuming English is your 2nd language (OK, in Europe it might be 3rd,
4th or 5th) "cheap" may not be the best word to use. It can also mean poor
quality or condition in addition to low price. "Inexpensive" might be a
better word to use.
-- John
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