Welcome to the List Patrick. You've come to the right place regarding
lenses as you will get all manner of helpful information and sources of
equipment. But be careful, it is an addiction. Remember the Mantra: "My name is
Patrick and I am a Zuikoholic."
Re: your lenses. I've no first hand experience on the Sigma brand but
others on this List have high praise for some of them. You may want to look
here to find more info about a specific lens:
http://medfmt.8k.com/third/cult.html.
The other brands I know nothing about.
If you are looking for good, moderately priced wide angles there is no
better place to start than the 49mm filter sized Zuiko lenses. The 21/3.5,
24/2.8, 28/3.5 and 35/2.8 lenses are all very good and with the exception of
the 21 can all be had at very reasonable prices, especially the 28. More
specific specifications and testing data can be found at:
http://members.aol.com/olympusom/lenstests/default.htm
If you decide to buy one just post a "wanted to buy ad" and you will
probably have multiple offers to choose from.
Good Luck,
Charlie
-----Original Message-----
From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx]On
Behalf Of Patrick Moore
Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 4:40 PM
To: OM Mailing List
Subject: [OM] lenses, opinions and recommendations.
Hello all,
I'm fairly new to this OM lark, having only starting to make use of my
Dad's old OM-1 a few months ago (and currently waiting on an OMÂ2SP coming
back from repair). After running away from my digital camera because there
was no satisfaction in the taking. (I've an old Kiev RF here which is
great fun to use, but a pain as the meter is stuck on the top)
Anyway, I've got a mild selection of lenses here and I'd like to know other
peoples opinions of them in general and what sort of things I should be
looking for next. ;)
I've got a ubiquitous Zuiko 50mm 1.8 which is always a pleasure to use, but
at other focal lengths I have:
Hanimex 28mm F2.8 (55mm filter thread).
Tonika 200mm F3.5
Sigma 28Â70mm F3.5~4.5 Zoom-E Multicoated (52mm filter)
Sigma 70-210mm F3.5~4.5 APO Zoom.
The 70-210 zoom is rather battered and is in need of a service, but as I
only paid £3.77 for it with a 2x teleconverter I'm not that worried if it's
BER.
I do want a wider lens, maybe something at 21mm, but I realise these are
relatively rare. I'm not a huge telephoto user and like playing around
with street scenes and people and seem to spent time taking photos in low
light with B&W film (though falling back to Fuji Superia when colours
demand it ...
http://the.earth.li/~paddy/cgi-bin/indiv.pl?dir=kinnegoe_film2&photo=cnv00007.jpg
is one of my more successful guesses at longer exposure photography. I'd
recommend not looking through the rest if you value your taste and senses
as most are just snapshots up for the pleasure of my friends rather than a
display of works of art, and photographs of not... Though you are more
than welcome if you feel the need.
Anyway, thanks for your time and indulgence, and I shall hopefully hear
some more information from soon.
atb,
paddy
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