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RE: [OM] Zuiko 85 f2 vs. 100 f2

Subject: RE: [OM] Zuiko 85 f2 vs. 100 f2
From: "Michael Stephens" <mike1964@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2000 13:21:18 -0500
Another consideration is that the 100/f2 can be
significantly more expensive than the 85/2.  There
was a recent auction for a 100/2 where it went
for $450+.  The 85/2 is usually in the $250 range.

Mike

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Chip Stratton
Sent: Sunday, April 23, 2000 11:06 AM
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [OM] Zuiko 85 f2 vs. 100 f2


Simply for portraiture, I would suggest the 85/2,
since it is smaller and less 'intimidating'. Certainly
the 100/2 is a sharper lens, and has closer focusing
capability, but these properties are usually not
important in typical portraiture.

If you might also want to shoot the sharpest
landscapes, do astrophotography, commercial, or
medical photography, the 100/2 would be a superior
lens.

I have an 85/2 which I like very much, and though I
have a lens appetite which nearly matches that of Tom
Scales, I've so far resisted the temptation to go for
the 100/2. Its hard, though.....

Of course, if you get one for a good price on ebay,
then decide you want the other, you can sell it and
buy the other and not be out very much at all.

Chip Stratton
cstrat@xxxxxxxxx


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