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Olympus 4/3 mount 50 f/2 - worth it?

Started Jan 24, 2018 | Discussions thread
gary payne Senior Member • Posts: 1,026
Re: It's only useful as a macro lens

The 50mm f2 is a magic lens on an EM1.  It's an admittedly subjective quality so I use the term "rendering" to cover up my inability to articulate what I find in the images.  I bought it after reading the stellar reviews that suggested it was a legendary lens.  It has easily met my expectations, and not merely in its breathtaking sharpness.

I had planned to use it mostly for macro work but it keeps surprising me in portraits so I'm using it about as often as I use my Oly 75mm f1.8.  I would not buy it for the older Oly bodies or any Pana bodies because of focusing problems but it's a peach on my EM1.

I'll never part with it.  It allows M4/3 users to probe the outer boundaries of our format's  potential.  gp

Handheld and cropped.  Shot raw and processed in LR.

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