Try 12mm, 21mm, 40mm and 90mm!
Of course, you could always mount it on this little beauty from my
favorite local store (WayneH's as well) -
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?
ViewItem&category=30030&item=7518610985
I think John's going to get a little more than he expected. Strewth.
AndrewF
http://www.pbase.com/afildes
http://stores.ebay.com/Photo-Emu
On 01/06/2005, at 8:47 PM, Earl Dunbar wrote:
>
> Yeah well, I still like 40-42mm. And I like the ones on my SPs just
> fine, so THERE!
>
> I suspect if I ever go the full RF route, it will be 28mm, 40mm, 90mm.
>
> Earl
>
> Moose wrote:
>
>
>> Earl Dunbar wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> If I could afford the Zuiko OM pancake, I'd have at least one.
>>> If Maitani were still at the helm, I'd be emailing him every day
>>> for a 40/f1.2. I'm sure no one else at Olympus today would listen.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> One of the reasons for the 40/2 pancake lenses, by at least Oly and
>> Nik*n, is that 40mm is the shortest fl that can be made in a "normal"
>> symetrical formula and still not interfere with the SLR mirror. That
>> made it a natural for the most compact possible lens. Since the only
>> real advantage of the 40mm over a 50mm, from a marketing perspective
>> (and as has been pointed out, the 40/2 was a marketplace failure),
>> was
>> it's size, it made no sense to design a big, fast one.
>>
>> The real question was why they didn't design really fast 35mm and/or
>> 80-100mm lenses. A 35/1.2 or 85/1.4 makes more sense in the market
>> than
>> a 40/1.2. Yes, I know about the CV 40/1.2. See my rant about Agfa and
>> Kodak for why this is a whole different kettle of developer than
>> Oly in
>> the OM heyday.
>>
>> Moose
>>
>>
>>
>>
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