Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/02/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Let's not forget Canon is THE only one that has tilt AND shift lenses. A friend here has one (SHIFT ONLY) OM 24/2.8 and he thinks it is the best architectural lens. Retired pro from NY. He knows what he is talking about, so I wouldn't be surprised if he was right on this one! Lucian On Mon, 8 Feb 1999, Donal Philby wrote: > Have you ever used the 24 tilt/shift Olympus lens?? > > donal > > Robinsnes@aol.com wrote: > > > I have an OM 2n that is one of 3 olympus slr's I own. The others are venerable > > OM1's and they are wonderful in size and performance. The OM2 is an aperture > > preferred automatic with off the film metering. It is automatic out to 2 or 4 > > minutes, I forget which but it is a long time. This is the most unbelievable > > night camera every made. It is the size of a Leica M, is uncluttered with > > blinkinlights (a barbaric invention), and is easy to use and carry. You may > > like it enough that she won't get to use it much. The auto program with slide > > film in my OM2 has always been amazingly accurate. I have finally learned to > > trust that, and only that, camera auto meter. > > I can't say enough good about the OM > > Roger > > -- > Donal Philby > San Diego > www.donalphilby.com > >