Ken,
I would have to agree with you. I don't have older OM glass, but do have
some older Pentax Takumar lenses that I have used on the E-510. Although I
have a 50/1.4, which is reputed to be one of the best of the Takumar lenses,
I really like the look I get with the cheaper 55/1.8 Tak. At the equivalent
of a 110mm on the E-510, it is nice for portrait work in natural light, and
is a nice change from the Zuiko 14-54 which I normally use.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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From: "Ken Norton" <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, November 14, 2008 9:57 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Finally, Some Rain Drops
> >I just meant that F2 on 4/3's is similar to F4 on 35mm. That DOF scales
>>with the sensor size. Nothing to do with using 35mm for the shot. I'm
>>a total digital convenience person myself. I even tossed a half exposed
>>roll of Provia, as I knew I would never get around to finishing it or
> processing
>>it. That was at least 3 years ago. My OM 50/1.4 is used more often used as
>>a loupe for removing splinters than mounted on the camera taking photos.
>
> DoF is only part of the story, though. Lens designs have as great a
> bearing
> on background rendition than format and focal-length. For those who have
> the E-system, compare images taken with the 14-54 or 12-60 at 50mm and
> images taken with the 50-200 at 50mm. Same focal-length, same format.
>
> Several years ago, I got rid of the 50/1.4 when I discovered just how
> non-flatfielded it was. Prior to that point, it was my favorite loupe for
> inspecting slides. I think it was Tom Scales who was cleaning out last
> bits
> of OM flotsom, and he sent me an old 50/1.8. I was actually pleasantly
> suprised at how decent of a lens it is. A couple months ago I gave it,
> along with Wayne's OM-E adaptor to another photographer who is using it
> for
> portraiture on an E-3. Talk about a totally different, yet classic look.
> The backgrounds are rendered so differently from the E-system lenses, that
> you can identify which pictures are which at a glance.
> AG
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