Thanks Iwert
The personal experience comments are valuable.
I have some of the equivalents in Leica, such as the 28mm PC shift
lens. So I'm not sure I need any more shift lenses, but the Olympus
ones sure are small.
And the fast 21/2 sounds really appealing; I don't have any other
equivalents (I only have Leica SLR, and a very small handful of Nikon F2
SLR).
regards
Vick
On 21/06/2013 3:08 AM, iwert bernakiewicz wrote:
> Vick,
>
> just to warn you, this is a very dangerous place to hang out. We'll tell
> you the 21f2 is a fantastic lens (which it is, I own it and really like
> it), but the 21 f3.5 is fantastic as well, when stopped down my copy is
> slightly better even than the f2. But the f2 has close focussing correction
> so gets more use in photography of architectural models.
> Combined with the 7mm extension tube one can get great perspectives ;).
> The 24 f2 is good as i heard (never owned it) but the 2.8 is the real
> performer: compact size and very good. But as an architect I can only agree
> on the 24 shift, which is as good as it gets (stopped down to f8/11 for
> best performance) But my most favorite lens is the 35 shift with new multi
> coating (serial above around 11X.XXX) which is very compact and the ideal
> travel companion.
> You haven't asked yet about other lenses, but there also is the 50/2, the
> 90/2 macro, the 80/4 and auto extension tube, the 100/2 and a lot of other
> ones.
>
> Don't come complain you suddenly have a stash of bodies and a little box
> full of lenses (they are really small, except the 35-80 and big whites),
> zuikoholism is a very fast developing addiction.
>
> But to answer your question: the 21/2 is good, and if you don't need the
> extra speed or close focus correction the 3.5 is as good.
> 24 shift is very good, and very expensive
> a good 35shift is even better (seriously!) and very affordable.
> 18mm is also very good, but that hood (how to find it)
>
> All from personal experience...
>
> Iwert
>
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