Having now used a 1.8 F.Zuiko, 1.4 MC and 1.2, I will echo the 1.2 being a
great lens. I happened across mine in Mint- condition at a good price
while looking for and contemplating a 24/2, and immediately snagged it. It
is also very even across all the stops as I have used it at the wider
apertures. With at least mine, they perform in order from 1.2 to the 1.4MC
by only a nose, and then by the 1.8 F.Zuiko which is very, very sharp but
not quite the contrast of the MC's. The only lens I've used sharper or
higher in contrast is a single coated Carl Zeiss 50/1.5 Sonnar and I have
yet to use *any* lens with its performance at any aperture. The 1.2 is not
far behind it though.
If I hadn't stumbled across my 1.2 at the price it was being offered I
would have the 1.4MC bolted onto the OM-4 and likely another one on the
OM-1n, or maybe would have gotten a 55/1.2 instead. No, it wasn't a "Doris
Fang Fabulous Find" but was at the low end of what they sell for in that
condition. The 1.4MC is now on the OM-1n and the 1.8 just got sold with an
OM-10, my original lens and body from 20 years ago.
IMHO the price of a 50/1.2 is good compared to its contemporaries for other
current SLR systems. We are blessed by a decent supply of 50/1.4's that
have a *very* good average price.
-- John
At 02:52 4/9/00 , Tom Scales wrote:
>Oh, I agree with all that, there is no question the 1.2 is a great lens.
>I'm a price/performance kind of guy and the difference in performance
>between a good 1.4 and the 1.2 are hard to justify the big difference in
>price. Now, I'm not a very good guy to talk, since I own them both.
>
>Tom
>
>> >Personally, I think the 1.2 is too expensive. I have one and will
>probably
>> >sell it. The difference in price between a good 1.4 with a serial number
>> >1M
>> >and the 1.2 isn't justified in the difference in maximum aperture.
>> >
>>
>> It costs about the same or less than the Nikon version. It appears to be
>the
>> best 50mm lens ever made, based on comments from owners and from test
>data.
>> The center and corner resolution and contrast are very high and closer to
>> being the same across all f stops than any other 50mm lens that I'm aware
>> of. I think it's a deal myself.
>>
>> Be seeing you.
>>
>> Dirk Wright
>>
>
>
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