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Olympus 45mm v. Olympus 75mm

Started May 8, 2013 | Discussions thread
Sergey Borachev Veteran Member • Posts: 5,338
Re: Olympus 45mm v. Olympus 75mm

I am still saving for the 75mm, but based on years of experience using prime lenses, I have never found perspective distortion to cause a concern with faces except when the FL is less than 80mm equiv and over 300mm equiv.  When there is any problem, it is invariably the operators' fault rather than the lenses', usually because the operators were too close to a face.  With zooms, there are more problems due to barrel or pincushion distortions, but you are talking about primes.  Given the cost of the 45mm, the best answer would seem to plan to also get the other one at some time.  Then, it would seem the 45mm can provide more uses and give you something to use and play with and more time to act on the other.

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