35mmc just published a short post I did on this lens that I bought fairly recently, after finding it recommended by Mike Eckman on a post he contributed to at Casual Photophile (here).
It’s been a few weeks since I wrote that and I thought I would expand a little on my experience with the lens so far and also some 3D printing.
The post I discovered this on was about favourite lenses and it was an interesting read; especially as people tried to not pick the obvious (perhaps) clichéd choices and avoided the “best” just sticking with the ones they use the most and truly are favourites.
It was Mike’s recommendation that caught my eye though and it seemed to me that this lens would fit nicely into my small tool-set. I have been toying with buying a new lens that I could use on my digital and maybe also on a couple of my film cameras too. This wasn’t quite what I had in mind but it just sounded very useful and might replace an Olympus lens I am thinking of parting with.
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