Dawid, I defer to you on the comparisons with C & N lenses. My
comparison was strictly within Olympus OM, and the 90 (and many of the
f2 lenses, not to mention the 35-80/2.8) are big relative to the 2.8
counterparts. The 85/2 is odd in that it is small for a f2 lens --
almost exactly the same size as the 100/2.8. The 85/2 when mounted on
an OM body looks like it fits the original OM concept, whereas the
90/2 mounted doesn't -- that's all. But like you, I love that lens
and will keep it as long as there is film to shoot.
There are some OM guys who stick entirely with the 2.8 lenses (or 49mm
lenses if you want to think of it that way -- though that includes the
85 and 28/2) because the size of the lenses relative to the bodies is
a better match. I do see the point, though if I ever held that view I
am so long fallen that I don't recall.
I remember Gary Reese used to experiment with different kit. He'd
tell us that he was heading out with nothing but small primes, another
time it would be nothing but zooms. He was a value hunter. I'm not
sure he ever found a 35-80 at the price he wanted, but he put me at
least onto the Tamron 80-200, the lens that Olympus should have build
to accompany the 35-80. Now that is a big honking lens!
Joel W.
On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 4:32 AM, Dawid Loubser<dawidl@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Joel, this may be off-topic (and me coming up for my favourite lens
> here)
> but I just have to comment here, that the "Big Honking 90/2.0" is
> actually
> incredibly small for what it does. It is significantly smaller than
> Canon or
> Nikon's 100mm f/2.8 lenses (a full stop slower), and the 90/2.0 does not
> change focal length (unlike the Canikon countrparts) when you increase
> magnification.
> For example, the Canon (the results of which I absolutely adored
> before discovering
> the OM 90/2.0) becomes more of a 60mm lens at close focusing distance.
>
> Also, the 90/2.0 is tiny compared to the competition from Zeiss and
> Voigtlander.
> So, the incredible small size argument stays true with the 90/2.0.
>
>
> On 18 Jun 2009, at 6:34 PM, Joel Wilcox wrote:
>> for example, admiration for
>> the 85/2 doesn't diminish my love for the big honking 90/2.
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