Another list member sh owed me his 100/2 and noted that it was far superior
in general use to the 90.
Yes, I want one.
Bill Pearce
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dawid Loubser" <dawidl@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, February 23, 2009 10:35 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] 90/2.0 vs 135/3.5 for distant landscape
> Thank you gentlemen, I am surprised at the statement that the 90/2.0
> is even
> better than the famed 100/2.0 for distant subjects also, but very
> pleased if this
> is true - then there is absolutely no reason whatsoever to want a
> 100/2.0 if one
> has a 90/2.0 :-) The 90 is by far and away my favourite lens.
>
> What I find interesting (especially in light of my own experience of
> this lens) is
> the less than world-dominating figures the lens scores in Gary Reese's
> lens test
> (kindly reproduced by Ken in his link in the previous e-mail). Why do
> you think
> that is? Not a single "A"+ rating anywhere, though I would certainly
> rate even my
> hand-held macro images with this lens as such... Perpendicular beach
> macro shots
> at ~50cm render every last grain of beach sand with complete and
> uniform clarity,
> right to the frame edge.
>
> Hence my original question about the "further distance" performance...
> But thank you
> for the posted images, C.H. - they do show the infinity performance
> well. Your images
> (on a half-frame camera) show me that one can expect wonders at f/8 at
> infinity on
> slow monochrome film...
>
> (Off-Topic: But it's interesting that my other most favourite lens
> ever is also a 90,
> the Schneider-Kreuznach 90/5.6 Super Angulon XL)
>
>
> On 23 Feb 2009, at 5:08 PM, C.H.Ling wrote:
>
>> I would say 90/2 is even better than 100/2 for distance objects.
>
>
> On 23 Feb 2009, at 5:18 PM, Ken Norton wrote:
>
>>> From what I've been told by those who have the 90/2, there is no
>>> comparison.
>> The 90/2 rules the world and is the cat's meow of all lenses.
>
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