Oh My Goodness (digital OM)

[Trius]

But Will ... your 85/2 is a 170/2 on the E-M5. Not exactly portrait then!

[nighstar]

Originally Posted by shadowfox

Crystal, you can get the Zuiko 9-18mm native to m4/3rd at about the same price as your 18mm. The size of the lens is incredibly small for the focal length range that it offers.

thanks for the recommendation.

[shadowfox]

Originally Posted by Trius

But Will ... your 85/2 is a 170/2 on the E-M5. Not exactly portrait then!

Which is why I'm now sticking to digital Zuikos for these new bodies. Were the HG line is not so expensive

Incidentally, 170mm f/2 is *very* useful when you're covering an event where there is no good amount of light, and you're confined in one place (like a mass).

[ktran]

Originally Posted by shadowfox

Which is why I'm now sticking to digital Zuikos for these new bodies. Were the HG line is not so expensive

Incidentally, 170mm f/2 is *very* useful when you're covering an event where there is no good amount of light, and you're confined in one place (like a mass).

Excellent point. I use a Leica Elmar 9cm f/4 right now for that purpose (light, fast-ish for that FL), but am seriously considering a Jupiter-9 or a Serenar 85mm f/2.

You have to think of legacy lenses as being "repurposed": your 50mm isn't a normal lens anymore, but it's a kick-ass portrait lens, 90mm becomes moderate-to-long telephoto, etc.

Thinking in 135-format terms is so 20th century

(I say this in jest, obviously)