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

Started Jun 10, 2015 | User reviews thread
Thorfinn
OP Thorfinn Regular Member • Posts: 158
Re: Show me a better value lens....

papillon_65 wrote:

with this range in any format, I'd love to see it.

You get 2 of the following lenses for the price:
80's kit lenses, tons are on the marked:
Carl Zeiss Planar T* 1.7 50mm or
Zuiko 1.8 50mm (or even the 1.4)

F-Zuiko AUTO-T 2.0 85mm

Carl Zeiss Sonnar T* 2.8 135mm (extreme good value for money today)
Carl Zeiss Sonnar T* 2.8 180mm (quite rare, so go for the 135)

If Zeiss, go for a C/Y or HFL mount. Contax / Rollei owners usually where enthusiats paying with own money and they took care of their lenses.

A Zeiss Planar T* 85 1.4 is excellent, but will not be in your budget, but sometimes it is found in a Contax heritage, you pay USD 200 and get a nice, but maybee useless RTS, along.

 Thorfinn's gear list:Thorfinn's gear list
Olympus PEN E-PL3 Olympus PEN-F Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 14-42mm 1:3.5-5.6 Olympus M.Zuiko Digital 14-42mm 1:3.5-5.6 II Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 40-150mm F4-5.6 R +8 more
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