Olympus G. Zuiko Auto-W 28mm f/3.5 (Can a Budget 28mm Lens Take Good Photos?) | Round Glass Review
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 ก.ค. 2024
- The Olympus G. Zuiko Auto-W 28mm f/3.5, let’s face it, makes some compromises. The aperture stars are lackluster, the ghosting can be quite strong, and it could benefit from a little bit more focus throw. But what this lens offers in exchange for those trade-offs is a tiny lens that is highly pocketable and that delivers lovely colors and contrast with an ability to capture most scenes well. For the photographer on a budget, this is an option worth looking at very closely.
In the 28mm f/3.5 showdown last year, the Olympus Zuiko 28mm f/3.5 placed fifth out of sixth, which showed that from a technical perspective this lens was not on the same plane as comparable lenses of the time. However, I like this lens the most of all of those six. Why? The images it creates are stunning and captivating. Good images, as this video series has, I think, shown time and again, do not live in the world of technical perfection. Good images live in the world of the photographer’s creative vision paired with an ability to use a lens creatively and within its technical limitations. Yes, this lens has some shortcomings, but overall, it remains a favorite in this class of optics and could easily become a go-to favorite for the manual focus enthusiast.
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Video Index:
0:00 - Intro
0:11 - Olympus G. Zuiko Auto-W 28mm f/3.5 Round Glass Review
1:05 - Olympus G. Zuiko Auto-W 28mm f/3.5 Specifications
1:45 - Olympus G. Zuiko Auto-W 28mm f/3.5 Tips & Tricks
4:29 - Olympus G. Zuiko Auto-W 28mm f/3.5 Seidel Analysis
5:41 - Olympus G. Zuiko Auto-W 28mm f/3.5 Lens Diagram
6:12 - Olympus G. Zuiko Auto-W 28mm f/3.5 Video Use
7:35 - Olympus G. Zuiko Auto-W 28mm f/3.5 Strengths & Weaknesses
9:36 - Olympus G. Zuiko Auto-W 28mm f/3.5 Review
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I use the lens as a sort of 'day travel kit' along with a 50mm f1.8 and 100mm f2.8. They are all light and small, accept a 49mm filter, so reduces the number of filters to carry and all give great results
That's a great travel kit.
I use one on my 5D mki with an adaptor. I've found it to be decently sharp wide open.
Never owned a 100mm from Oly but I've tried it on a roll once and yes this thing is so compact that along with the 28 and 50mm I gives a great travel kit !!
I absolutely agree! I have LOUSY lenses that make photos I love. Of course, I also have superb lenses that make photos I love. LOL It's hard to lose if your vision meshes with whatever lens is on the camera. :D
But, I really do need to slow down buying vintage glass. I have enough to do most anything I want several times over. And, except at the very edges of the performance envelope, I can pick up pretty much any of them at the right focal length and get the shot. And, I still fall in love with almost every lens I shoot, just so long as I have something nice to make an image of!
:D Same here. And it's been interesting in this series to see that, yeah, I love my few Zeiss lenses, but man, some lenses that look really bad on some basic testing charts are so good for real-world use. One of the big takeaways for me from, specifically, the test chart that I use (and that I think I may be the only person on TH-cam using) is that there truly is no connection between how a lens performs on a test chart, with an lp/mm rating, or light loss, distortion, etc., when it comes to how well a lens can capture images.
I might be able to snag one of these for a bargin. What is the Micro Four Thirds focal range equivalent? 56mm??
For m43, multiply the FF focal length by 2. That's true for all m43 lenses. The crop compare in the second section of this video should show what that would look like.
@@DavidHancock Haha I don't know why I thought the maths would be different because it's a vintage lens 🤣
As an owner of the 28mm f/2, I can attest that there is a noticeable optical cost to the extra speed.
🤓 I'm actually kinda glad to hear that as my f/2 Zuiko arrives today and the 2.8 soon. I wonder what's in the pipeline for that?
Anyone who has tried these on the Canon 6D-5D and can give some feedback?☺️
(for info i shoot 99% f8 and up)