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Is it because I do not like slow telephoto zoom lenses?

Started Jun 10, 2015 | User reviews thread
Hen3ry
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Re: Is it because I do not like slow telephoto zoom lenses?
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Thorfinn wrote:

I was part of my fathers heritage. He got it as part of e-PL3 kit. I paid nothing. I do not use it.

The pictures are sharp enough, no reasonable pillow, no fugly bouquet. You get a 300mm compared to 35mm film - amazing and it is cheap.

It is just because it is a 5,6 on four thirds sensor. No indoor available light and a large depth of field. That are the reasons why Olympus makes the 40-150 2.8 PRO (with a totally different price tag). For the rest of us: Save the money, save some more and go for the Olympus 75 1.8.

Try using it, Thorfinn, and you might find a place for it. It is an amazing little lens, very sharp, very smooth micro-contrast.

Bear in mind that at shorter focal lengths, it is f4 or thereabouts, only one stop slower than the 5x more expensive f2.8. That is not a lot of difference.

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