The 7-14 is expensive but still reachable, it is cheaper than a 24 shift :-)
Just like the 50-200, I may wait for a used one. BTW, just bought a used
1.4x at good price, it extended the range of my 50-200 by 40%, may be
marginally good for some bird shoots.
I agreed the 50-200 is good enough for creating shallow DOF shoots, a fixed
150/2 is just not that flexible in many cases. A fixed wide or macro will be
more usable.
C.H.Ling
----- Original Message -----
From: "Skip Williams" <om2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> The 7-14 is currently showing a $1,800 selling price. Yikes!
>
> The 11-22 is a super lens, and one that I've never been sorry that I
> bought. The 7-14 is overkill for most of us mortals. If I want more FOV
> than a 22mm equiv, I'll put my 15mm lens on my Leica. For the number of
> times that I'd really NEED the 7-14, it's much more cost effective.
>
> If you want shallow DOF, buy the 150/2.0, or one of the new PMA, f/2.0
> zooms that have been rumoured. But the 50-200/2.8-3.5 is very nice at
> shallow DOF, It's like a Zuiko 180/2.8 shot almost wide open, which
> produces very nice results.
>
> Skip
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