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Subject: [OM] Re: 7519772104 reasonable 40f2
From: Earl Dunbar <edunbar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2005 18:57:02 -0400
Well, if I had the scratch to buy that piece o' kit, I'd be able to try 
EVERY lens imaginable. And what makes you think SWMBO wouldn't find out 
and have me singing soprano?

Earl

Andrew Fildes wrote:

>Try 12mm, 21mm, 40mm and 90mm!
>Of course, you could always mount it on this little beauty from my  
>favorite local store (WayneH's as well) -
>http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? 
>ViewItem&category=30030&item=7518610985
>
>I think John's going to get a little more than he expected. Strewth.
>AndrewF
>http://www.pbase.com/afildes
>http://stores.ebay.com/Photo-Emu
>
>
>
>
>On 01/06/2005, at 8:47 PM, Earl Dunbar wrote:
>
>  
>
>>Yeah well, I still like 40-42mm.  And I like the ones on my SPs just
>>fine, so THERE!
>>
>>I suspect if I ever go the full RF route, it will be 28mm, 40mm, 90mm.
>>
>>Earl
>>
>>Moose wrote:
>>
>>
>>    
>>
>>>Earl Dunbar wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>>>>If I could afford the Zuiko OM pancake, I'd have at least one.   
>>>>If Maitani were still at the helm, I'd be emailing him every day  
>>>>for a 40/f1.2.  I'm sure no one else at Olympus today would listen.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>        
>>>>
>>>One of the reasons for the 40/2 pancake lenses, by at least Oly and
>>>Nik*n, is that 40mm is the shortest fl that can be made in a "normal"
>>>symetrical formula and still not interfere with the SLR mirror. That
>>>made it a natural for the most compact possible lens. Since the only
>>>real advantage of the 40mm over a 50mm, from a marketing perspective
>>>(and as has been pointed out, the 40/2 was a marketplace failure),  
>>>was
>>>it's size, it made no sense to design a big, fast one.
>>>
>>>The real question was why they didn't design really fast 35mm and/or
>>>80-100mm lenses. A 35/1.2 or 85/1.4 makes more sense in the market  
>>>than
>>>a 40/1.2. Yes, I know about the CV 40/1.2. See my rant about Agfa and
>>>Kodak for why this is a whole different kettle of developer than  
>>>Oly in
>>>the OM heyday.
>>>
>>>Moose
>>>      
>>>



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