Albert,
You don't need advice on whether to go for the 50 or MF. You need to assess
you needs and desires. Of course you desire them both. For your shooting
style and prefered subjects, which fits your need better?
Think about the image perspective of the Fuji camera. How is that different
from your 50 and 90? How will that play into your shooting? Now that you can
almost afford the Fuji, can you afford the care and feeding of your habit?
Cost per frame skyrockets. How about if that lens on it turns out not to be
your 'perfect' perspective? Costs a lot to give yourself a lens selection.
What does the 50/2 macro get you? Macro, which you already have in the 90.
Yeah, different perspective and working distance, but still macro. Are you
shooting so much macro that the 50/2 is your best choice? Or is it the
gear-envy thing that we all touch from time to time?
Look at your shooting and go where it leads you. Shake the high dollar gear
thing out of your head for a few moments and just assess what and how you
want to shoot the most.
Good luck!
-Mickey
----- Original Message -----
From: "Albert" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 7:49 PM
Subject: [OM] I'm in the middle of a internal struggle.<insert tax return
here>I've got enough money to buy the lens I want now: The 50mmf2 macro.
OR..Help me with my struggle (especially CH Ling)
> I'm in the middle of a internal struggle.
>
> <insert tax return here>
>
> I've got enough money to buy the lens I want now: The 50mmf2 macro. OR..
>
> I can wait a little bit, and then I'd have enough saved up for a used
> Fuji GW960III. (I swear, if I don't buy one of these sometime in my
> lifetime, I'm never going to be happy, and will always wonder).
>
> Right now, I use my 50mm f1.8 about 900f the time. The other times,
> (generally scenery) the 28mm comes out, and my 90mm comes out for
> portraits and macro.. Mostly macro. So I figure a 50mm f2 macro will
> just about get me there..
>
> As this list is about as biased as it will get (with people who have
> websites named Zuikoholics) I might be asking this question in vein, but
> I thought I'd give it a try..
>
> Albert
>
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