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Re: [OM] OMZ 200/5 and HK Flower Portraits

Subject: Re: [OM] OMZ 200/5 and HK Flower Portraits
From: Nicholas Herndon <nherndon@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:34:23 -0500
>Hello list,
>I am looking for an excellent condition example of the OM 200mm f5. I wonder 
>if there is anyone on the list >who has one for sale?
>Many thanks,
>Nic Mitchell

Nic, I happened to stumble across a 200/5 for next to nothing.  I had
been looking for one for a while to complete my 49mm filter thread
setup.  I hardly used it.  It was slow, soft, and really the only
thing it had going for it was its tiny size.  Maybe my copy was bad,
but I didn't really care for it.  So I sold it on the auction site.
The 200/4 is much superior.  Granted, I did no formal testing with
charts or anything of that sort, but I did

> Here again is the yearly portrait event in the HK flower show,
> all shots with OM180/2.8 at F2.8 on a 5D II body at ISO160.

CH, wonderful portraits.  The 180/2.8 is such a nice lens, but it
looks pretty big, especially compared to the 200/4.  How do you feel
it handles on an OM body, and do you prefer it on the 5DII?
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