Want to Buy WTB Olympus OM Zuiko 85/2

[Jockos]

Hi all!

My girlfriend is hunting for a Zuiko 85 for her OM4Ti. She wants a user lens, with no haze, fungus or scratches!

Happy new year!

 

[MattKing]

Your girl friend has excellent taste! It is one of my all time favorites.
And in case both have you haven't yet discovered her, look up Jane Bown for an example of someone who created magic with that lens.
Happy New Year.

 

[dale116dot7]

I always liked that lens. I put one on an OM2n for a young friend who had only shot digital and she was taken aback by the look the instant she looked through the viewfinder. I just checked out Jane Bown and those photographs are stunning! I had looked at her photographs before but didn't realize she used that lens. They appear occasionally on eBay but generally they are rare - and I understand why. People want to keep them!

 

[jgoody]

You can have mine when you pry it from my cold dead fingers - my most used OM lens. Good choice!

 

[nsurit]

I have had or currently have most of the Zuiko glass for the OM System and this one is without question my favorite. She will find one.

 

[Jockos]

Good suggestion on checking out Jane Bown; she got a lens off of ebay right after scrolling through this:
https://www.theguardian.com/artandd...1/jane-bown-a-life-in-photography-in-pictures

 

[flavio81]

Hi all!

My girlfriend is hunting for a Zuiko 85 for her OM4Ti. She wants a user lens, with no haze, fungus or scratches!

Happy new year!

Just a suggestion: If you can't find one in good shape and fair price, look for a 100/105mm lens. The angle of view is quite similar and for some reason they are lower priced.

 

[faberryman]

The 100mm is less expensive because it is a stop slower at f2.8.

 

[flavio81]

The 100mm is less expensive because it is a stop slower at f2.8.

Yes. But i find f2.8 giving narrow enough DOF for most uses.

 

[faberryman]

Yes. But i find f2.8 giving narrow enough DOF for most uses.

I was only commenting on the relative cost. Choosing between an 85 and a 100 is a matter of personal preference. I have had both and kept the 85mm when I scaled back my lens collection.

 

[benjiboy]

I can't remember (although I used to sell them for a living when they were current it's more than 25 years ago) were the 85mm f2 lenses so much more expensive than the 100mm f2.8 lenses when they were new ?.

 

[MattKing]

I can't remember (although I used to sell them for a living when they were current it's more than 25 years ago) were the 85mm f2 lenses so much more expensive than the 100mm f2.8 lenses when they were new ?.

Yes

 

[faberryman]

A 1992 price list from a NYC camera store advertising in Popular Photography shows the 85mm f2 at $239.95 and the 100mm f2.8 at $199.95. The 100mm f2 weighed in at $374.95. It is a good bit larger and heavier than the 85 f2 and 100 f/2.8, but still small compared to other manufacturers offerings.