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[OM] Re: [lens] Re: Zuiko 28/2 vs. 28/3.5 opinions

Subject: [OM] Re: [lens] Re: Zuiko 28/2 vs. 28/3.5 opinions
From: "tOM Trottier" <tOM@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 15:33:52 -0400
There's at least one 28/3.5 on ebay now quite cheap.

tOM

On 19 Jul 2005 at 20:44,
Manuel Viet <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 
> Le lundi 18 Juillet 2005 15:59, Martinez, Paul a écrit :
> > I want a 28mm Zuiko and really like the idea of a F/2.0 lens, but many of
> > the opinions I see posted talk about the F/3.5 lens having better "pop" in
> > use. I'd be using it mainly for landscapes from F5.6-11. 
> 
> I don't know the f/2, but I own a f/3.5, and I think you can't beat the value 
> for the money of the later ; basically, it's like the 50/1.8 : a see-through 
> body cap, ridiculously inexpensive, and one of the sharpest zuiko out there. 
> If I were you, I'd run for both of them. The /3.5 is so cheap that it 
> generaly doesn't impair your bank account enough to stop you from buying 
> the /2 if you were funded enough to consider it in the first place.
> 
> My basic setup when walking is an OM1 with the 28/3.5 ; you can't tell the 
> viewing angle from a couple of feet away, even if you know what an OM is, and 
> that makes targe^W innocent people wandering around less suspicious.
> 
> I happen to own a vivitar 28/2.5 (I had it first, along with the body), but I 
> haven't used it since I grabed the 3.5 off ebay ; not that the vivitar is 
> bad, as a performer it's surprisingly good, but its weight is a show stopper 
> to me ; plus, the 58 mm front diameter doesn't fit the never-ready case, so 
> it's now collecting dust on my shelves. The 1 stop in its favour is not 
> enough. Mutatis mutandis, I don't think you'd miss the /2 so badly.


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