On 12/30/2023 2:53 PM, usher99--- via olympus wrote:
L &BB Moose writes:
<<The 12-100 is clearly a great lens, for everyone but me. We just didn't get along. Esp. the <<closest focus
at wide end is silly and limits its attraction to me. Mike and I swapped this <<lens and the PLeica 12-60 back
and forth in Bhutan. I preferred the PLeica; Mike and Marnie are <<still happily shooting a 12-100. 🙂
Yes, for general walking around Marnie and I both prefer the MZ 12-100 F4. The sync IS
is amazing and as Moose mentioned the weather sealing is very good. The IBIS is so good on the
OM-1 that the advantage of sync IS is less. The lens is a bit too slow to allow subject separation
except under some circumstances necessitating skilled PP.
This is where I need to be careful in recommending lenses. What's trouble for many seldom is for me.
<http://www.moosemystic.net/Gallery/tech/Bokeh/Pseudobokeh.htm>
And. <http://www.moosemystic.net/Gallery/tech/Bokeh/BlurGradient.htm>
The macro abilities of it are lousy but the Sigma AML 72-01 achromatic diopter meshes well with the
optics. I have never seen it so cheap! I should get another. Moose virtually put
it in my hand with a link to it on sale but this price is crazy. No step up or down ring
required either.
Sigma AML72-01 Close-Up Lens AM5900 B&H Photo Video (bhphotovideo.com)
All that being said the max mag of the PL 12-60 at the long end is nice and the
lens is small enough to fit in my long hiking pack so had to get one anyway.
Aha! I didn't know you had succumbed. 🙂
My 12-60 has been sitting in a drawer for a while, displaced by the Oly 12-200. The Panny 14-140 has seen no action for
some time, either.
The 12-200 range is such that I spend much less time when using it on its own wishing for the 100-400 or thinking the
tiny Panny ZS200 should have come along. And, as above, most of the optical limitations over about 140 mm are
correctable in post.
Stop Enabling Moose*
* Oh well, only $13.
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