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[OM] Re: Olympus 50mm f1.2 or 55mm f1.2 lenses bokeh?

Subject: [OM] Re: Olympus 50mm f1.2 or 55mm f1.2 lenses bokeh?
From: Jim Couch <zuikoholic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2007 22:27:44 -0700
Chris,

Another lens to consider would be the 50 f/2 Macro. Again not an 
inexpensive lens, but nice bokeh, and good performance overall. I do 
really like the 40 f/2 myself, both for the bokeh, and for the FOV.

Jim Couch

Chris Crawford wrote:
> Bill,
>
> Thanks for testing it out for me. I'm trying to find something close to
> 50mm, which is a focal length I use a lot, that isn't so ugly and harsh. I
> have an old screwmount Pentax 50mm f1.4 that is pretty good, and an old
> Minolta 50mm f1.7 from the early 70's that is really nice. Problem is, I
> don't like using the minolta body (an SRT-101) at all, I find it hard to
> focus compared to my OM-4T bodies. The old Spotmatic I have is ok, it's not
> a bad camera to use, but I still find I can operate the OM's faster when I'm
> doing street photography, and I love the metering system, so I want an OM
> lens that I can use for this stuff.
>
>
>   


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