50/3.5 is one of my favourite lens especially good for family portrait.
Although some complain about the bokeh but I found most of the OOF
background are quite pleasing. The lens gives bright view with the OM bodies
and focusing is very easy, it looks more like a F2.8 rather than a F3.5 (I'm
looking through my OM3 with Minolta Acute Matte focusing screen installed),
it is sharp with pleasing color.
I had almost all versions of 50mms including the 55/1.2 and I'm still having
two 50/1.4s, a 50/2 macro and 50/3.5 macro. I don't mind only having the
50/3.5 as the only 50mm, I can take my 24/2 or 28/2 in case I need low light
street work.
C.H.Ling
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Crawford" <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> As cheap as 50/1.8 lenses are I'd have kept it. I have 3 of them, though
> one
> needs work for gummy aperture blades. I don't think I could live with a
> slow
> macro as my only 50.
>
>
> --
> Chris Crawford
> Photography & Graphic Design
> Fort Wayne, Indiana
>
> http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio
>
> http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com My latest work!
>
> http://www.plumpatrin.com Something the world NEEDS.
>
>
>
> On 11/29/08 11:08 PM, "Ken Norton" <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>>
>>> Congratulations. I'm so tied to post-processing these days that I'm not
>>> sure I could ever present something straight out of the camera today.
>>> But I should try.
>>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks. I'm not sure which was actually scarier: Doing the street
>> photography or posting the unedited results. There was a huge temptation
>> to
>> convert them to B&W. But that would have violated a couple rules of this
>> project. B&W is not a crutch to poor photography. Although a few of
>> those
>> shots definitely could have been improved had they been B&W.
>>
>> As to the lens selection, well, I was going to use the 35/2.8, but
>> decided
>> to limit myself to a more "common" focal length. Why the macro? Well,
>> because the 50/1.8 went to live with somebody else.
>>
>> Ken
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