Showcase Olympus 28mm f/3.5 OM

Luckypenguin · Jan 17, 2011

Olympus Zuiko OM 28mm f3.5 on Olympus Pen E-P1

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More Olympus Zuiko OM 28mm f3.5 photos

Luckypenguin · Jan 17, 2011

Lens and camera combination used to take the pictures above for your reference.

I want to like this lens but the truth is it just doesn't quite work on a 4/3 sensor. It feels, looks and operates as good as any OM Zuiko, but it's just not quite wide enough and not fast enough compared to other similar legacy lenses to work as a standard prime.

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jeb · Mar 29, 2011

A co worker gave me this lense, an another gave me a big old fish eye to go with it, I just got an adapter from ebay, here's some quick shot

and with the fish eye

phrenic · Sep 28, 2011

Raarrggh zombie thread..

I just got my OM adapter and have been playing with some lenses from my mom. I have to say that the 50 1.8 is nice..but I'm not quite sure how to feel with this 28mm. As Luckypenguin noted it's not that wide, not that long, and not that fast.

Oh well, I'll try it some more. I suppose it's somewhat close to the focal length of the new panaleica and voigtlander. I can at least see if I like using a normal range MF lens..or maybe it can kill that dream and save me a bunch of cash.

dbuckle · Aug 11, 2013

Lone Maple by dbuckle2695, on Flickr

dbuckle · Aug 11, 2013

Inner Bay 53 by dbuckle2695, on Flickr

agentlossing · Oct 2, 2013

Just found this lens in near-pristine condition at Goodwill for $5. Don't have the adapter yet though!

Ryan · Feb 14, 2014

Picked one up from KEH for 19 bucks the other day and it's easily become one of my favorite lenses. So easy to focus and nail the sharpness, it does help I dialed in my OM mount for infinity where it's supposed to be.

The FOV is wider than my sample..I 8x10 crop ratio it to get rid of a crane boom that snuck in the side.

Hear No Evil by Ryan Silva, on Flickr

Eugg · Apr 10, 2014

I am a new in MF lenses,
this one I got from eBay,
it was expensive, scratched and broken

spend a few hours to fix it,
and now this lens is my favorite one (but I have only 3 lenses :smile

agentlossing · Apr 10, 2014

I need to use mine more. Same as my Hexanon 28mm, but I like this one's handling a lot, and delightfully clicky front-most aperture ring. I dislike the adapter being longer than the AR adapter though.

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