All this mine-is-bigger-than-yours arguments won't get anyone anywhere unless
you do objective, rational testing. And who wants to do that, anyway? Aren't
the lenses for pictures?
Below are my, not-so-objective opinions
The 40/2 Zuiko isn't a rational lens, but an emotional one. Its performance
isn't that great vs. the 50/1.8 MIJ. It's also a bit too thin to have good
ergonomics. But it's very small and a little wider and more natural than the
50. And it's cool. Why do you think that the 35/2 Summicron has been so much
of a favorite all these years? It's the natural FOV. Oh, and the vaunted,
35/2 pre-asph Summicron that is so raved and coveted? It's got mediocre
off-center performance, but a nice sweet spot. It's the bokeh that puts the
icing on the cake of that lens, not it's razor-sharp performance. It's a
1970's design, remember.
The 85/2 can't be beat for portraits.
The 90/2 is spectacular, and every bit as nice as the 90/2 Apo-Asph Summicron,
plus you get macro capabilities. If it's ergonomics were better, I'd say it
was the perfect lens. i.e., I wish it's aperture ring was smoother and had 1/2
click-stops. All the ones that I've seen kind of "clacked".
The 21/2 Zuiko is the only game in that town, but I doubt whether it would
stand up against the 21/2.8 Elmarit-M Asph in head-to-head comparison, which
has been tested as the best 21mm lens ever made. Non-retrofocus designs have a
big, inherent advantage. The big plus of the 21/2 is its speed and very, very
good performance. Remember, it's a 30 year-old design, and you can't expect a
design of that age to compete with 1990's aspherical surfaces.
As I said, the top-drawer lenses are all within spitting distances of each
other and the nit-picking differences don't really matter to most, normal
people. It's just anal, gearheads that have discussions like these and
_really_ believe that the equipment makes 90% of the difference.
Skip
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>Subject: [OM] Re: 40mm pancake - collector or shooter?
> From: "Tom Scales" <tscales@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2004 07:07:27 -0400
> To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
>
>Oh come on. An absolute like this is ridiculous. I'm no Leica man, but I'd
>put the 85/2, 100/2, 90/2 and 21/2 up against anything.
>
>The 90/2 bokeh cannot be beat. Period.
>
>I have a 60/2.8 Micro-nikkor (90/2.8 on the D100) that is nice and produces
>good shots, but it is NOT the 90/2 Zuiko.
>
>I miss it.
>
>Tom
>
>> richard-lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
>>
>> > Actually, for that matter, I know of no Zuiko that can compete at F2
>with
>> > the best Leica glass :-(
>> >
>
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