Ah-hah! You anticipated me in a way! This week I'm lusting after the Zuiko
85mm f/2 in place of the 90 2.5 macro. On my vacation
I was about 7 feet away from muscians playing in low light. At EI 1600 (ASA
800 pushed one stop), I was shooting at 1/60th at f/1.8
using the MiJ. I took full-length shots that way all weekend.
Next year I'd like to shoot tighter compositions at 1/60th at f/2 with the 85.
I don't think I could "do" 1/30th at f/2.8 on the
90mm macro, even from a tripod- too much subject motion.
I may give up a bit of sharpness comparing the Series1 90 macro with the Zuiko
85 at f/8 outdoors but that's better than getting
Boring concert shots. (my 2 cents.) For a few days I considered a Canon
80/1.8 in FD mount and a body to hold it up..... but I'm
back in the *right* pew today. :)
I rarely shoot tabletop stuff but the new-old-stock auto tubes (from our
favorite enabler), while not perfect, are more than good
enough for snapshots and ebay ads. (I've found that a 50mm MiJ with a 14mm
extension is too big a jump. There's a gap between the
closest focus without any extension and the longest distance possible with the
extension. But like I said, it's gonna be better
than I need for what I do.) I guess the 85 would be a better match for the
14mm extension. I will try out the 135 on extension
tubes too next time. I'm learning thanks to the Oly List!
Lama
----- Original Message -----
From: "Moose" <olymoose@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 11:07 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] Best way to see dust in a lens?
> From a non-Zuikoholic viewpoint, all the substitutions seem reasonable
> except one. If making nature macro shots, auto tubes on a regular lens
> is a fine solution. For flat subjects, it will be less satiafactory than
> the 50/3.5.
>
> Moose
>
> Lama-Jim L'Hommedieu wrote:
>
> >Oly content: Only one body in the Lama stable: OM-PC to be complemented from
> >the list below. None is slower than f/2.8 and all
of
> >them are sharp enough to use wide open. One by one I've sold all of my
> >Zuikos (except for the 50mm f/1.8 MiJ !!) for less
> >expensive, faster, or sometimes sharper lenses. I'm not saying I'm always
> >right and it might be Scales Syndrome: I like to see
'em
> >come and go. You be the judge:
> >
> >Zuiko 135 f3.5 -> Tamron f/2.5
> >Zuiko 100 f2.8 -> 90mm Series1 f/2.5 macro
> >Zuiko 50 f1.4 -> Zuiko 50 f1.8 MiJ
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