Let us know if you really decide to sell. I'm interested, for example, in
the 28/2 and the 90/2.5
Tom
----- Original Message -----
From: "Glen Lowry" <lowry@xxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2000 11:20 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] wide angles
> Doris wrote:
>
> > A lot of how we view lenses may have to do with our esthetics and
> >the kind of light we're confronted by where we shoot. I own 24/2.8SC,
> >24/2.8MC and 24/2. I rarely have used the 24/2, except for available
> >darkness shooting. I do not find a huge difference between the 24/2.8s
> >SC & MC versions in sharpness, though there is in flare control. As it
> >happens, I like the little extra flare of the SC. As to the flatness,
> >the light where I photograph most often (you could call it "N-1 country")
> >is usually very contrasty, so that's an asset, not a liability.
>
> While I'm a strong advocate for the notion that different lenses having
> different flavours and that older less optically refined lenses are more
> suitable to certain purposes or effects. I'm a little confused by this
> statement about using lenses to control contrast. I was under the
> impression that the contrast of the materials is entirely different from
> lens contrast, and that in fact a contrasty lens as long as it also has
good
> resolving power will better render shadow detail. Am I missing something?
> [snip]
>
> >The 28/2 is a great lens (I sold it to afford an M6),
>
> been thinking I might do this very thing. If I liquidate a few of the
> lenses (28/2, 80-200/2.8 & 90/2.5 Tamrons) sitting on my shelf I might
> better be able to afford an the M6 I'm eyeing.
>
> I find the other two work well for me. Maybe I'm optically "easy",
> >but my 28/3.5's vignetting has not been a problem, and I have many
> >sharp shots taken with it (must have been at f/8 ?). It has a
> >certain velvetiness to it, a creamy look (that reminds me of older
> >Leitz lenses that someone else just referred to on the list) that I find
> >works really well with color. Yeah, I know, really
> >technobabbling here...I see a 21/3.5 on my usually tilted acquisitions
> >horizon.
>
> but then I think jeez I'd love a 21/2 or the 24/2. Even though I have the
> 21/3.5 and 24/28, for me the charm of the Zuiko system is still tied to
> these fast wides (despite their relative infamy) I lust after.
>
> Glen
>
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