#OLYMPUS OM 50 1.8 MANUAL#

But with different sized sensors now available, these normal focal lengths take on a different character and are harder to make. It is kind of fast but not fast enough to command a huge price or need a ridiculously sized filter. In the 'normal' range of lenses ie 40mm-85mm, f1.8 is a pretty standard lens speed. I think it has something to do with the fact that 50mm in 35mm terms is just so easy to make.

#OLYMPUS OM 50 1.8 MANUAL#

The lens was the 50mm f1.8 and is one of the cheapest and most useful second hand manual focus lenses that you can find, for nearly any lens mount.Д¬anon make a modern AF 50mm f1.8 that is dirt cheap and handy, but it doesn't come as a kit with any of their cameras which I think is a shame.

This was a time when cameras were still made of metal and people shot organic film. There once was a time when SLR cameras came kitted with a truly decent lens, not some rubbish 18-55 fslow-fpitchblack. I have used both of these lenses for a few years, the OM 50mm has been on my OM-1n for many years, and I wanted to try and explain the quality and character that old lenses have compared to their newer counterparts. This is a comparison between one old lens from the 1970's that nearly every film photography will have used at some point in their life and a lens that carries a similar focal length with vastly different image qualities.

Olympus om 50 1.8