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Last week, I rented Olympus 35-100mm f2.0 (75-200mm equiv.) for 5 days from LensRental.com. I was hoping this rental would answer my previous question if I should ditch Olympus and also to help me with the wedding shoot last Saturday.
After couple days of trying it, in term of quality, my eyes couldn’t tell the difference compared to my 50-200mm f2.8-3.5 (100-400mm equiv.). There is significant difference in quality if compared with the standard glasses. What makes it nice is the fixed aperture and the focal range. This lens doesn’t have SWD so the focus is kind of slow compare to 50-200mm. So the question is do I need this lens? It will be nice to have but it will be depends on the needs as long my current lenses don’t prevent me from getting what I would like to capture.
In conclusion, the person behind the camera matters. The lenses (as long high grade or above) and the brands (Nikon, Canon, Sony, Olympus, Pentax, etc) are just the tools to work with. Don’t believe it? Check the results from last month bootcamp. I’m pretty happy with my Olympus E-30 as long I do not pixel peeping on high ISO. It’s more important for me to keep practice, improve skills and have better understanding of exposure. Hope this helps those out there who are confused with the options out there.
Picture taken with E-30 (manual mode), 50mm (100mm equiv.) macro lens, FL-36 with 1/128 manual power on cactus V4 (place on right), FL-50R with 1/128 manual power on cactus V4 (place on left), ISO 100, f5.0, 1/125s.
