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[OM] Re: ZD 50/2

Subject: [OM] Re: ZD 50/2
From: oly-zooko@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2005 19:25:03 -0500
>From what you all have said and reading up on other forums...I believe the 
>50/2 is the 
way to go right now. Perhaps in the future I'll revisit the 14-54. I still have 
to learn about 
my new toy anyway.

- Ali


On 28 Dec 2005 at 10:59, Andrew Fildes wrote:

> 
> Can't speak for the 14-54 but I did shoot the 50/2 against the 14-45  
> very briefly on an E-500 and the difference was immediately  
> noticeable - it was exponentially superior. The kicker was the colour  
> chalk writing on a blackboard outside a cafe - the zoom rendered the  
> chalk as a colour smear at 100% 'actual pixel' view while the 50/2  
> actually showed the grainy look of the chalk on the board. I'd get it  
> for portrait capability alone.
> AndrewF
> 
> 
> On 28/12/2005, at 8:07 AM, Scott Gomez wrote:
> 
> >
> > I'd look at it from a standpoint of "additional capabilities". You  
> > don't
> > pick up all that much by buying the 14-54 if you already own the  
> > 14-45.
> > But the 50/2 gives you capabilities you don't already have.
> >
> > ---
> > Scott Gomez
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On
> > Behalf Of oly-zooko@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [OM] Re: ZD 50/2
> >
> > Certainly the 50/2 is a nice lens...I can see that. Now my  
> > dilemma.. is
> > the 14-54 F2.8 really that much better than the 14-45 F3.5? I have an
> > opportunity to purchase either the 50/2 or the 14-54/2.8 right now.
> >
> > - Ali
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