Showcase Olympus Zuiko 100mm f/2 OM

sesser · Oct 27, 2018

OK, so I've had this lens for a few weeks now and I haven't used it a ton, but today, I took a couple seemingly random pictures of my cat (what else do you take pictures of? :hmmm:

) and I looked at the out of camera JPGs at 1:1 from an E-M10 MkII and thought, "Holy shit, I'm all out of beer!"

Also, I noticed this lens is pretty amazing at f/2. Dare I say it rivals the 75/1.8 wide open.

Again, straight out of camera. Zero processing.

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And, in case it's not abundantly clear, here's a 1:1 crop. Keep in mind, I believe this was shot at ISO800.

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soundfanz · Oct 27, 2018

Very nice. I've been on the lookout for an "affordable" copy of this lens for a while now.

sesser · Oct 27, 2018

It’s definitely worth the cost. But yeah, it’s not really “affordable” considering it’s manual focus. It’s also bigger than I had anticipated for an OM lens. Its 2.8 little brother is quite a bit more compact (but not nearly as sharp wide open)

managatsuo · Oct 8, 2019

Nice I have order one, coming from Japan in couple of days, can't wait, nice cat. ??

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Deleted member 29285 · Oct 8, 2019

It's a lens on my wish list too, if I could ever afford it.

managatsuo · Oct 10, 2019

Mine came today, ??

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Bytesmiths · Oct 10, 2019

managatsuo said:
Nice I have order one, coming from Japan in couple of days, can't wait, nice cat. ??

YOU STOLE MY LENS!

Isn't that the one that was listed for ~587 or so? I wrote and said I'd give him $550 if he'd add the "Make an offer" option, and then when I went to buy it, it had already been sold for $556.14!

(Good job. I'm deeply envious. Have fun with it!)

Wachete just told me one came up on KEH, but it's an "UG," for $438.30. So I placed the order with their recent 10% sale. We'll see how UGly it is when I get it. It might wind up going back, but I've always found KEH ratings to be conservative.

managatsuo · Oct 11, 2019

Bytesmiths said:
YOU STOLE MY LENS!

Isn't that the one that was listed for ~587 or so? I wrote and said I'd give him $550 if he'd add the "Make an offer" option, and then when I went to buy it, it had already been sold for $556.14!

(Good job. I'm deeply envious. Have fun with it!)

Wachete just told me one came up on KEH, but it's an "UG," for $438.30. So I placed the order with their recent 10% sale. We'll see how UGly it is when I get it. It might wind up going back, but I've always found KEH ratings to be conservative.

Not sure if it is your one, was onnebay maybe for 2 or 3 days and suddenly there was 7%discount on it with free shipping, so I hit the button ???

managatsuo · Oct 11, 2019

Some quick test shot from today, all f2

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Bytesmiths · Oct 27, 2019

Here's one with the Metabones Speedbooster Ultra:

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This is just an incredible portrait lens!

Bytesmiths · Oct 31, 2019

Anything I point this at becomes more interesting!

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gwydionjhr · Oct 31, 2019

Bytesmiths said:
Anything I point this at becomes more interesting!

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f/2 1/40s @ ISO6400.... was this at night? ??

Bytesmiths · Oct 31, 2019

gwydionjhr said:
was this at night?

Yes, lit by a single 23 watt LED bulb about three metres away — thanks to IBIS!

Look at the goat's eye pupil — fully dilated!

OM-D E-M1 Mark II

Bytesmiths · Nov 1, 2019

Bytesmiths said:
We'll see how UGly it is when I get it.

It came in a plastic bag, with no case nor front or rear cap.

Other than that, it is LIKE NEW! There is a tiny scratch on the aperture ring knurls. The glass is perfect, seen through +3 reading glasses, not even a speck of internal dust!

This is the second "UGly" I've purchased from KEH. The first was the incredible Olympus Telescoping Extension Tube (for just $39), which came without caps nor tripod foot, but otherwise was also like new!

I'll be trolling the KEH UGly offerings regularly now…

managatsuo · Nov 9, 2019

Took it to concert along with 45mm pro, but I was using 100mm f2, amazing piece of glass, last one is friend of mine on the street with tram at the background