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p.1 #1 · Yay! The Zuiko 21/3.5 just arrived!

Sweet little lens! So small and light! I cross my fingers and hope that it will perform well on the 5D which should be here any day now!

Pointless thread. Really.
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Nov 27, 2008 at 03:13 PM

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p.1 #2 · Yay! The Zuiko 21/3.5 just arrived!

Congratulations

Nov 27, 2008 at 03:18 PM

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p.1 #3 · Yay! The Zuiko 21/3.5 just arrived!

Its sweet little lens...I like mine. Unfortunately, the gear heads have totally driven up the price of the Oly 18, so I'll just have to rely on my Canon 17-40L for times when I need wider than 21mm. Good luck with it.

Nov 27, 2008 at 03:22 PM

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p.1 #4 · Yay! The Zuiko 21/3.5 just arrived!

Congrats! I really like mine, too.

Nov 27, 2008 at 03:29 PM

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p.1 #5 · Yay! The Zuiko 21/3.5 just arrived!

Thanks guys. It will work as a compliment to the 17-40L. I will probably pack the oly more often than the Canon...

Nov 27, 2008 at 03:40 PM

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p.1 #6 · Yay! The Zuiko 21/3.5 just arrived!

Congrats! I'm lovin' mine too.

Nov 27, 2008 at 05:11 PM

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p.1 #7 · Yay! The Zuiko 21/3.5 just arrived!

+1 from me. Great little lens. Definitely one of my "never goes away" lenses -

Nov 28, 2008 at 12:58 AM

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p.1 #8 · Yay! The Zuiko 21/3.5 just arrived!

Anden wrote:
Sweet little lens! So small and light! I cross my fingers and hope that it will perform well on the 5D which should be here any day now!

Pointless thread. Really.
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Congrats Anden

Are you getting the 5D Mk II?
I think I'll be liking my Zuiko 21 too once I get an adapter that actually works with it. The Fotodiox consumer grade adapter came without a pin to engage the aperture lever.

I've been unknowingly shooting wide open with it. Just found out I can hold down the DOF preview button on the lens, but have yet to use it stopped down.

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Nov 28, 2008 at 12:59 AM

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p.1 #9 · Yay! The Zuiko 21/3.5 just arrived!

I have one too, great little lens, a keeper for sure. Amazingly tiny! pretty easy to disassemble the rear group to clean dust and such too.

-Ed

Nov 28, 2008 at 01:58 AM

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p.1 #10 · Yay! The Zuiko 21/3.5 just arrived!

No I am getting the 5D "the daddy". The II is too pricey for me at the moment...

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Nov 28, 2008 at 05:12 AM

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p.1 #11 · Yay! The Zuiko 21/3.5 just arrived!

With so many scientific yet non-pictorial opinions about optics here I wanted to share my experience with this little gem. I bought this little beauty because after testing everything Canon sold including the t/s lenses I was having a tough time making sharp rectilinear architectural photos with my 5D. Sharpness is a wonderful thing... but in making photos for publication I find distortion in lenses more difficult to fix. This Zuko is the straightest most rectilinear lens I have used. That includes the Super Angulons I used on view cameras for decades. I just finished a construction materials catalog that was shooting July, August, September, October and early November. Most of the product ends up a grid so I needed a lens that wouldn't distort the shapes. The lack of distortion from this tiny lens is remarkable! With hyperfocal distance at f8 from here to forever I usually set the lens at infinity at f8 (the sharpest stop from my testing) and only worry about keeping my shoes out of the photo. I might buy another as insurance because this baby is my go-to lens... The moneymaker. Check out this sample- http://www.genesmithstudio.com/page35.htm

Dec 01, 2008 at 01:36 AM

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p.1 #12 · Yay! The Zuiko 21/3.5 just arrived!

Gene, nice thoughts. Did you try the Oly 24 shift? that seems like it would be right up your alley (for architectural/grid correction, etc.)

I still can't get over how tiny this lens is (21/3.5)

-Ed

Dec 01, 2008 at 03:57 AM

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p.1 #13 · Yay! The Zuiko 21/3.5 just arrived!

I was never that happy with my copy - it was no sharper than my 16-35L and had blue CA in the far corners which was impossible to remove. It was small though so it would have made a good travel lens if the performance was worth it. I may have to try another and it may be a case of later generations being better than earlier ones as with my 24mm 2.8 which has far better performance.

Dec 01, 2008 at 08:49 AM

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