DPReview.com is closing April 10th - Find out more

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

Started Jan 24, 2018 | Discussions thread
(unknown member) Veteran Member • Posts: 6,392
Re: Great lens, but I had one and sold it - here's why

dougjgreen1 wrote:

I had one from a 4/3 kit I had acquired at a fantastic price a while back. And while it is a spectacularly sharp lens, I could never find a niche where I would use it within Micro 4/3. So I sold it.

For Macros, I prefer legacy manual focus (and I use both an older 50mm f3.5 Minolta Rokkor MD, and a Tamron SP 90mm f2.5). These lenses are just as sharp as the Oly.

Along with the dzuiko 2.8/60 and dzuiko 50/2 I have a few legacy macros including a Vivitar(Tokina) S1 90/2.5.

ill not argue about which is sharper but I just used the bokina and the oem  macros recently and contrast and color of the bokina was very noticeably lacking compared to the native glass.

For portraiture, I prefer a Sigma 60mm f2.8 - and it too is just as sharp as the Oly 50mm. It is also FAR faster for AF - and it can also double as a very good macro lens with the addition of a good front achromat screw-on.

Post (hide subjects) Posted by
(unknown member)
(unknown member)
(unknown member)
Keyboard shortcuts:
FForum PPrevious NNext WNext unread UUpvote SSubscribe RReply QQuote BBookmark MMy threads
Color scheme? Blue / Yellow