What OM lenses and why?

[Chris101]

Don't forget the 21mm f/2:

 

[FrankS]

Can anyone post shots taken with an Oly 21, Nikon 20, and/or CV 21 of a similar scene? I'd be interested in comparing these slr wides to RF wides. From what you read, this is where the RF lenses excel.

 

[coelacanth]

Don't forget the 21mm f/2:

That's a great shot! Now I want to get that lens... 😛
I fell in love with zuiko and got rid of all Nikon gear about a yeah ago.

Here is a sample with 50mm 1.4

 

[PlantedTao]

My favorite OM lenses are:
28 f2.0
50 f2.0
100 f2.0


All are very sharp with beautiful bokeh. The 28 also has a very liquid quality to its rendering.

totally agree with this. However... I think if you want to concentrate on a 50mm, you need to be shooting with your M.
But for tele or wide, nothing beats looking thru the viewfinder of your OM.
I never liked wide angles until I found the OM.

 

[snausages]

Nice one! I like the tones; what type of film and scanning?

Thanks, Wilt. I used TMax 3200 shot @ 1600. Sticky shutter on an OM2 ruined every other shot on this roll except this ONE. It was a ravioli miracle. Scanned with Coolscan 9000.

 

[f16sunshine]

Love the wides

Love the wides

I've tried many of the primes and stick with the wides as favorites.
The 2/28 is a serious runner up to the Zeiss Hollywood distagon. Also love both of the 21's although I was fool enough to sell my 2/21 for a distagon 2.8/21.
These are on the 5D with one B+W from tmax100. Forgot to remove the hood on that moonlight shot so you see some corner darkness. The lens was mounted on a 40D previously in the day (bigger hood)

2/21


2/28

2/28

2/28 Tmax 100

3.5/21 old "silvernose" on 40D

 

[Chris101]

... I fell in love with zuiko and got rid of all Nikon gear about a yeah ago.

Here is a sample with 50mm 1.4

I love the Jesus having coffee thing! I am very often tempted to get rid of my Nikon stuff, and keep the OM and Leica. But I ... just ... can't ...

See the internal struggle? 😉

 

[nobbylon]

I love the Jesus having coffee thing! I am very often tempted to get rid of my Nikon stuff, and keep the OM and Leica. But I ... just ... can't ...

See the internal struggle? 😉

went through the same thing and decided to concentrate on Nikon for my digital and when the desire is there, my M2 for film. If only Leica would make a D700 rangefinder!!!!! I sold everything else.

 

[coelacanth]

Haha, Chris, I'm glad you saw him in there as well. 😛

went through the same thing and decided to concentrate on Nikon for my digital and when the desire is there, my M2 for film. If only Leica would make a D700 rangefinder!!!!! I sold everything else.

It was really hard to let go of my "beausage" FM3A, beautiful F3 and assorted lenses, but I am totally happy with the decision and I'm not looking back. Nikkor, at least to me personally, was often superior sharpness, contrast, "higher spec" but Zuiko had the character that I couldn't resist. And oh that tiny body and huge finder of OM!

I'm trimming down my system to bare minimum.

Leica M, OM, Hassy 500C/M and I am golden. (well, and a Rollei 35) GAS now can fully go into glasses and such.

 

[ChrisN]

I have a very nice (KEH EX) 85/2 version 3 that needs a new home since I sold the rest of my OM kit. I will list it in the RFF classifieds (again) when I get home from work this evening.

 

[Trius]

Simon: If you have an interest in the 24/2.8, send me a PM. I have one I've been meaning to list, but just haven't had the time to do a photo of it.

It is a very good lens, it's just that I don't seem to get along with 24mm, plus I have the 21/2 and 28/2.8, and I do hate crowding. 😉

 

[jmkelly]

I got the OM-1 as a pre-graduation gift back in the 70's, with the 50/1.4. Now I have the 35/2, 40/2, 50/1.2 and 85/2. The 35mm is the odd man out in this group and though it is a fine lens I no longer use it. Love the other lenses.

 

[oscroft]

The Zuiko primes I'm using the most these days are a 50/1.4 silvernose (which I agree gives very nice B&W results), and an 85/2