Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/02/08

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Subject: [Leica] IMG : #022 (OT gear)
From: richard-lists at imagecraft.com (Richard)
Date: Thu Feb 8 02:58:39 2007
References: <20070208103815.D0D63478088@ws1-5.us4.outblaze.com>

I still have the OM 50/2 macro and the 90/2 macro in the drawer. The 90/2 
is not as good as the 90/2 AA wide open, but the 50/2 gives the summicron a 
run for the money. In terms of creamy bokeh, the 90/2 OM is as good as 
anything ever.

At 02:38 AM 2/8/2007, Marty Deveney wrote:
>OT, maybe, but magnificent, both the photo and the lens.  The photo is
>simple, elegant and incredibly well balanced.
>
>Leica make magnificent lenses, but they've never made anything like the
>Zuiko 100/2.  It's arguably as good as the Leica M and R 90/2 asphs, but
>it focuses closer.  A lot closer.  And it is just as good right up close
>as it is further away.  It focuses to "it should probably be called
>'macro' " close, but Oly didn't call it that because the 90/2 focused
>even closer.
>
>It's one of the few fast, short teles that excels wide open, up close,
>enlarged big.  This lens and the 90/2 were both unflatteringly sharp
>portrait lenses.  There are others as good, but none of them focus as
>close.  Anything that focuses as close isn't as fast.  The f2 Zuiko
>macros were stunning designs, let down only by really mediocre
>multicoating, which Olympus didn't seem to master until sometime in the
>1990s.  It's really a shame that Oly gave up making lenses like this.

// richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly, please 
use richard at imagecraft.com) 


In reply to: Message from freakscene at weirdness.com (Marty Deveney) ([Leica] IMG : #022 (OT gear))