Of course, you could get part of the way there with the new 78/1.8!
Yes, the 100/2 has held its price very well. I succumbed to similar lust
in 2006 and paid around US$600 IIRC.
Martin
On 10/02/2013 12:39 PM, Paul Braun wrote:
> That 100/2 is an amazing lens. Since I wasn't that familiar with it, I
> looked it up on eBay.
>
> There's one. Only one. And at an amazing price. On the high side of
> amazing.
>
> So, it doesn't diminish my lust for it, but since it's twice as much as I
> paid for my whole E-M5 setup, it goes on a much different list.....
>
>
> Paul Braun
> Certified Music Junkie
>
> "It's such a fine line between stupid, and clever." -- David St. Hubbins
>
> "Music washes from the soul the dust of everyday life" - Harlan Howard
>
> On Feb 10, 2013, at 9:30, Ken Norton <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>> Nice! Tripod, I assume? Care to share the exposure parameters?
>>
>> I am a firm believer that technique trumps technology most of the
>> time. Yes, I did use a tripod. I'll have to look up the EXIF data on
>> this, but the shutter speed was probably in the 1/30 range. It's well
>> lit.
>>
>> Conversion was in Raw Shooter and I think I desaturated the image
>> there. There is a little bit of color in the stone work, but not
>> enough to be anything but a distraction, I think. Cropping and
>> resizing was done in Picture Window Pro. I almost posted the original
>> width, but didn't want to leave resizing for the gallery to chance.
>>
>> The 100/2 and 28/2, when focused and used correctly is able to give
>> "pixel sharpness" with my cameras. It's just a matter of being able to
>> be a good enough photographer to make use of it.
>>
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