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Re: [OM] Which wide angle (Zuiko) to choose...?

Subject: Re: [OM] Which wide angle (Zuiko) to choose...?
From: "Barry B. Bean" <bbbean@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 09:44:23 -0600 (CST)
On Wed, 26 Jan 2000 06:15:11 -0700, Thomas Heide Clausen wrote:

>So what are your opinions? Which wide-angle lense would *you* buy? (and why?)
>And which would you definitely not buy? Help me make the right choise the first
>time, then perhaps I'll be allowed to buy an extra piece of glass later (or
>a spare om2s/p, should such show up)..... :)

It's a very tough call. I own the 18/3.5, 21/3.5, 24/2.8, 28/2.8, and
had a 28/3.5. All have an appropriate use, and have given me some
superb results. That said, the 21/3.5 and the 24/2.8 are the lenses
that live in my bag. The 18 is new and so far has just gotten thrown
in for special use, and I personally just prefer the f<28 perspective
when I go wide.

Worth noting, is that I wouldn't put any of these lenses in the
"avoid" category. Even the lowly 28/3.5 gave good results and was
cheap enough that Iwouldn't have worried about taking it into the
rain or in a dusty environment. Before selling it, I had seriously
considered supergluing it  on hyperfocal for f/8 and using it with my
OM-10 on auto as a glorified p&s.

BBB


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