Some people told me that the Zuiko 50 f 1.8 is better than the Zuiko 50 f1.4.
What do you recommend?
Do I buy the zuiko 1.4 or the zuiko 1.8?
Regards
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Some people told me that the Zuiko 50 f 1.8 is better than the Zuiko 50 f1.4.
What do you recommend?
Do I buy the zuiko 1.4 or the zuiko 1.8?
Regards
Buy one of each and do your own side by side comparison. Not all 1.4's are any better or worse than a 1.8. You will have to choose for yourself which you prefer.
Define "better".
The earlier 50mm f/1.8 version OM lenses have higher scores in Modern Photography lens test, than the later 50mm f/1.8 version OM lenses...the older the better.
Generally, optically the f/1.8 lenses have higher scores than the f/1.4 lenses, with no statistically signficant difference in the age of the design.
Even the "worst" of the Zuiko 50mm lenses has a lot of quality.
The 50mm f/1.8 is small and very cheap.
Just make sure that the lens you choose is working well.
There is no better. A 1.4 lets in more light. But, generally, the faster lenses are not as good at all f stops but they let in more light if you need it. I never saw a Zukio that was a lousy lens, I must say. Some people like the bragging rights of a "fast" lens but unless you need the extra speed you are wasting your money.
The 1.8 are great lenses and very low priced.
But the 1.4 is more beautiful.
Buy the cleanest one you can find.
The 1.4 is has horrible color rendition when it is single-coated and probably poor color rendition when MC. I used a single coated.
But it is sharp. Very good for B&W.
If you do no slides, go for it.
That's interesting. I had a single coated 1.4 and while the color rendition was fine, it was unuseable wide open - every bright spot had a reddish halo around it. I now have a later 1.4, multicoated, and can't see any difference in the colors, but it is reasonably sharp wide open.Quote:
Originally Posted by LaChou
My experience with 35mm standard lenses in general is that the slower ones are usually as good and often better - sometimes much better - than the fast options. I used a pre-AI f1.4 Nikkor until I discovered the 50/2 Nikkor-H; the 1.4 found a new home and I have an f2 on each of my Nikon bodies.
In this case, most likely less flare, less distortion, better contrast, and higher (real or apparent) resolution.Quote:
Originally Posted by mopar_guy