Giles wrote:
>
> Yes - The 35mm f2 will give you a brighter viewfinder image - which
> for me equates with easier focusing. It also is a floating element
> design intended to correct for distortion, especially in close
> focusing. Here is an extract from the OM lens .pdf brochure
>
> "The smaller the focal length and the greater the angle of view the
> more distortion can appear in the photograph. To prevent this Olympus
> has produced a full set of cor-rected floating element lenses. The
> 18mm ?3,5, 21mm ?2.0, 24mm ?2.0, 28mm ?2.0, and 35mm ?2.0 lenses are
> all floating element designs with excellent image quality from their
> closest to furthest point of focus."
>
> Giles
>
There appear to be variants on that 35mm/f2.0. The old lens handbooks
do not list that one as a floating element type. I have one such lens
which, as far as I have been able to determine, does not have a floating
element. I checked with "Unofficial Olympus OM Zuiko Lens Page" at
http://www.datasync.com/~farrar/zuiko.html , which provides a very good
overview of the Zuiko family, but it lists no floating element 35mm lens.
Olympus may have updated the design at some point. Or the lens pdf file
might contain a typo.
Anyway, it is a good lens, but a little heavy compared to the 35mm/f:2.8.
Regards
Lars
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Lars Haven <mailto:lhaven@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> aka <lhaven@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
"When writing about women, one must dip one's pen in a rainbow"
D. Diderot
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