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Re: [OM] OMZ 200/5 and HK Flower Portraits

Subject: Re: [OM] OMZ 200/5 and HK Flower Portraits
From: Nicolas Mitchell <nmsns@xxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:19:53 +0000
Hmm, maybe I should forget it.
Nic

On 19 Mar 2010, at 14:34, Nicholas Herndon wrote:

>> Hello list,
>> I am looking for an excellent condition example of the OM 200mm f5. I wonder 
>> if there is anyone on the list >who has one for sale?
>> Many thanks,
>> Nic Mitchell
> 
> Nic, I happened to stumble across a 200/5 for next to nothing.  I had
> been looking for one for a while to complete my 49mm filter thread
> setup.  I hardly used it.  It was slow, soft, and really the only
> thing it had going for it was its tiny size.  Maybe my copy was bad,
> but I didn't really care for it.  So I sold it on the auction site.
> The 200/4 is much superior.  Granted, I did no formal testing with
> charts or anything of that sort, but I did
> 
>> Here again is the yearly portrait event in the HK flower show,
>> all shots with OM180/2.8 at F2.8 on a 5D II body at ISO160.
> 
> CH, wonderful portraits.  The 180/2.8 is such a nice lens, but it
> looks pretty big, especially compared to the 200/4.  How do you feel
> it handles on an OM body, and do you prefer it on the 5DII?
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