> My wife says "lens or sportscar, take your pick."
> ...I'm thinking...
About changing your wife?
:-)
Jez
On 26 August 2010 16:28, Ken Norton <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > If the OM system had to be known for single outstanding thing, I'd have
> to say their wide-angle lineup was one of, if not *the* single best thing
> the system. The fast teles, Macro lineup and overall commitment to smallness
> would be close runner-ups. It's amazing that some 20-30 years down the road,
> some of the OM glass still holds its own or remains unbeaten even by more
> modern optics from Canon, et al.
>
> Not only holds its own... There really has been no substitute for the
> 250/2 or the 350/2.8. And let's not even bring up the subject of the
> 100/2...
>
> There are really only three manufacturers that put all their eggs in
> the lens basket and let the cameras generally suck in comparison to
> the competition. Olympus, Zeiss and Leica. Canon learned years ago
> that sizzle sells and feature bloat was more profitable than lens
> quality. Not to pick on Canon, because that's not my intent, but you
> do have to be choosy when selecting Canon lenses, whereas O-Z-L lenses
> are pretty much all top-grade across the entire lineup. Sure, there is
> a dog in there once in a while, but not as a general rule. Nikon has
> its moments, but most of their lenses are in the "very good" category.
> There are select lenses out there that are better than Nikons, but
> it's hard to get a bad one. (except for the recent disaster kit
> lenses). Once in a while there is a Nikon lens which has no equal.
>
> Olympus OM system had one failing. No F1.4 glass in wide and telephoto
> lenses. The F2 glass was probably a good compromise, though, and
> didn't push the mirror-chamber vignetting issue very much.
>
> But those special big-white telephotos.... Yum. Someday I'll have a
> 350/2.8 and/or 250/2. My wife says "lens or sportscar, take your
> pick."
>
> ...I'm thinking...
>
> AG
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