Hi Joel,
When I got ready to order my E-510, I debated which lens to purchase. My
online research told me that the 14-54 was the better investment, and I have
never been sorry. Once I bought a used E-1, it just seemed like a great
combination.
The best "buy" I have made was the ZD 35mm Macro, at less than $200. It is
extremely sharp and is not bad as a walk-around lens.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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From: "DZDub" <jdubikins@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2013 9:04 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: CU Building / Distortion Check
> On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 5:15 PM, Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> On 4/10/2013 12:34 PM, Jim Nichols wrote:
>> > ... I concluded this was an ideal time to check for distortion in the
>> images, though, admittedly, at the long end, 54mm. I pulled up the
>> distortion grid in PSE 11, and found nothing to correct. The lines were,
>> to my eyes (can't say about Moose's eyes), perfectly square. Though it
>> has
>> been around a while, I find this lens/camera combination to be a pleasure
>> with which to work.
>> >
>> > http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=4312
>>
>> The original 14-54 is relatively large and heavy because it was designed
>> as a highish end, low compromise lens. Oly
>> didn't want a mediocre lens, like the kit zooms on standard DSLRs, to
>> prevent their new format from looking good, so
>> their first kit lens was a step or two above.
>
>
> To go along with that, the newly designed lenses for 4/3 beat the
> competition at wide end corner sharpness as the competition was mainly
> re-packaging their film AF lenses for digital. Speed must have been a
> factor too. Looking back, it seems like making your first normal zoom a
> 2.8 was a heady decision, since it would have been so much easier to
> introduce a smaller body with a 3.5 lens. The 3.5 and 4.0 kit lenses that
> complement the attractive size of the 400 series prove what might have
> been
> done at the outset. But I think Olympus made a good decision. It's
> trajectory makes sense to me. I know Ag doesn't agree with me about that,
> but Olympus somehow keeps not going out of business, and I think that must
> amount to more than funky accounting.
>
> The 14-54 is the best investment in digital equipment I ever made. I have
> a stronger sentimental attachment to some of the Z's, but the 14-54 brings
> home more photons than everything else combined. It's currently living on
> my 620, where it seems a good fit, though I use a battery grip with that
> body.
>
> Joel W.
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