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Great portrait and short telephoto lens. One of the smallest 100 f/2.0 with outstanding picture quality. Provide 0.7 m closest focus distance, useful for close us shooting without necessity of special macro lens. I was compare this Zuiko with Canon 135/2.0L, Zuiko 100/2.8, Samyang 85/1.4, Sigma 85/1.4, Canon 100/2.8 L macro IS and Canon 70-200/2.8 lenses. Zuiko is the most compact and lightweight, has closest focus distanse (except of the 100/2.8 macro) and shows pleasant out of focus thanks to 9-blades aperture. The only weakness is shooting against the light when lens sometimes shows a reduce of the contrast.
This is one of the finest portrait lens ever made and one of the most magnificent portrait lens I have ever owned for the 35mm (24 X 36mm format film) SLR camera. This lens is a fine example of Japanese lens craftmanship. This lens was designed back in the mid 1980's and was decades ahead of other rival lenses. The quality of the Olympus OM Zuiko f2.0 is very near that of medium format sharpness! Beautiful color rendition and buttery soft bokeh. I have used the slower Zuiko 100mm f2.8 lens and it pales in comparison to this lens. This is one of the very few Zuiko lenses that were "ED" in the Olympus OM line and it was one of only two ED lenses at 100mm or below focal length - the other lens was the equally rare (and expensive) Zuiko 35-80mm f2.8 ED. Today ED lenses are now in almost all the lenses of the Olympus Zuiko four thirds digital line. "ED" stands for Extra Low Dispersion and refers to glass that was either specially formulated or contained special 'rare earth' elements to achieve more colors on the focal plane from the color spectrum. A fantastic lens for portraiture, still life or nature.Read full review
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The sharpest and clear vintage lenses I ever have!! Happy!!
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