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JustAnEngineer wrote:
Corrado wrote:Was thinking of one of these to replace the 75-150mm:
http://www.amazon.com/Olympus-261505-M4 ... 44&sr=1-13 - $199, good reviews, native m43
http://www.amazon.com/Panasonic-45-200m ... 744&sr=1-1 - $239, good reviews, better autofocus, longer zoom
Or, based on my love of the 28mm lens:
http://www.amazon.com/Olympus-17mm-f-2- ... 46&sr=1-14
ludi wrote:Suggest renting or borrowing something in the 10-20mm range, if you can, before settling on that 17mm prime. Wider-angle lenses can be fun but even the best rectilinears tend to flatten and exagerate the subject material the farther you get from the center of the image circle. For landscape, architecture, and general outdoor shooting, this is not an issue and in some cases, may even enhance the effect you're trying to get. For indoor shooting around groups of people, the results can be...kind of odd.
Corrado wrote:I was reading the mu-43.com forums, and it was split 50/50 over the 17mm oly vs the 20mm pany. I figured I'm not good enough to really notice the difference but I'm not opposed to spending the money on the pany.
With that said, I just bid on the MMF-2 adapter on ebay that ends in 5 hours. If I win it, I'm going to pick this up:
http://www.amazon.com/Olympus-40-150mm- ... 45&sr=1-53
$145-175 in used/like new condition. The better aperture seems like a better deal considering I'd get it for the same price or slightly less than the 40-150 f4.0-5.6.
mcnabney wrote:Of all of the camera formats - Nikon, Canon, Pentax, Sony/Minolta, and 4/3 - the only one that I KNOW will be going strong in 10 years is Canon. Camera bodies come and go, but the lens system is a long term investment. It is something to consider before dropping money on a system.
JustAnEngineer wrote:Canon has sold over 60 million EF lenses in the past 25 years. Every one of them is fully-functional with even the cheapest Canon DSLR. Nikon is still gradually converting their lens lineup to electronic auto-focusing AF-S lenses. They've only been at it for the past 3 decades.
The Olympus 4/3 telephoto lenses should be fully-functional with the correct micro-4/3 adapter. There wouldn't be much weight or size advantage to designing a telephoto lens for the smaller image circle like there is for wide-angle lenses, which can be much smaller and lighter than the same lenses designed for larger sensors. The few reviews that I read of the 70-300mm lens were very favorable. With the micro-4/3 crop factor, 300mm is a powerful super-telephoto. As long as there is plenty of light, it should reach waaaay out there.
Corrado wrote:I wouldn't hesitate to order from B&H Photo Video or from Adorama.Amazon is out of stock, and I'd rather order direct from Amazon.
imtheunknown176 wrote:Looks like they've gone up in price a little. Mine was $321 from Amazon last month. I'll agree that B&H is very good too. Only problem is that I have had bad luck wanting to order on holidays which I didn't know were holidays. Honestly it seems like their website is "closed" everytime I go to order something.
Corrado wrote:B&H isn't in Brooklyn; they're in mid-town Manhattan, a block from Penn Station and Madison Square Garden. If you're ever in NYC, and photo stuff interests you at all, I highly recommend a visit to their store. Not only is there amazing stuff right there on the shelves that would be special order almost anywhere else (part of one floor devoted to underwater photography, another to macro, etc), but the whole place is like Santa's workshop run by Hasidic elves -- there are these crazy overhead conveyor belts, and when you order something it arrives at the cashier in a dangling basket via one of these. It's like you fell into some kind of alternate reality where stores were designed by Tim Burton. And he's Jewish.They're in Brooklyn NY, which leads me to believe they may be Jewish. If they're that close to Williamsburg (and no matter where you are in Brooklyn, you're close to Wiliamsburg) it may be 'status quo' to be closed for ALL Jewish holidays, and not just the main ones.
UberGerbil wrote:the whole place is like Santa's workshop run by Hasidic elves -- there are these crazy overhead conveyor belts, and when you order something it arrives at the cashier in a dangling basket via one of these. It's like you fell into some kind of alternate reality where stores were designed by Tim Burton. And he's Jewish.
UberGerbil wrote:Corrado wrote:B&H isn't in Brooklyn; they're in mid-town Manhattan, a block from Penn Station and Madison Square Garden. If you're ever in NYC, and photo stuff interests you at all, I highly recommend a visit to their store. Not only is there amazing stuff right there on the shelves that would be special order almost anywhere else (part of one floor devoted to underwater photography, another to macro, etc), but the whole place is like Santa's workshop run by Hasidic elves -- there are these crazy overhead conveyor belts, and when you order something it arrives at the cashier in a dangling basket via one of these. It's like you fell into some kind of alternate reality where stores were designed by Tim Burton. And he's Jewish.They're in Brooklyn NY, which leads me to believe they may be Jewish. If they're that close to Williamsburg (and no matter where you are in Brooklyn, you're close to Wiliamsburg) it may be 'status quo' to be closed for ALL Jewish holidays, and not just the main ones.
JustAnEngineer wrote:IIRC, Voldenuit has the Panasonic Leica DG Macro-ELMARIT 45mm f/2.8 Aspherical Mega O.I.S. referenced in this thread. How compatible is that with your Olympus?
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