At 06:51 PM 8/12/1999 +0200, you wrote:
>Hallo everybody!
>Does anybody have opinion how 85/2 performs as a landscape lens?
>I know 100/2 is better, but... ($$$)
>And what about 85/2 compared to 100/2.8 or 135/2.8?
>
>Best regards,
>Artur
>
Artur,
Based on Gary Reese tests, the 85/f2 would seem to perform at its very best
in the middle stops, making it perfect for handheld portraiture, etc. I
personally have decided that the 35-105 and possibly 85-250 zooms are what
I'm going to use to cover the smaller apertures, i.e, in landscape work.
Nevertheless, I used the 85/f2 a lot in a recent trip to the southwest. If
you think you can get anything meaningful from looking at pics prepared for
a web site, feel free to peruse my southwest gallery at
http://members.tripod.com/jdubikins/index.html.
Despite having this focal length covered in several other ways, the 85/f2
is a lens I would not be without. It seems to give what one expects from
any other f2 Zuiko but with the scale of the smaller lenses.
Joel Wilcox
Iowa City, Iowa USA
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