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Olympus E. Zuiko 100mm f3.5 - Pen F
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An outing today and I took two lenses with me - F. Zuiko 38mm f1.8 and E.Zuiko 100mm f3.5.
I expected to use the 38mm the most but found it was the other way around.
Here are some images from today
Fuji X-E2s, LR and NIK
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And this one from the F. Zuiko 38mm f1.8
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Like 1 Like 1 Very impactual Tom,I like....


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Thank you kryss.
The lens is small and light - being made for half frame, but it covers APS-c quite well.
Here are a couple more
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It is difficult to see the detail in my small images, so here is a crop from the last image.
Not bad from a little half-frame lens.
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And here is the dynamic duo of 38mm f1.8 and 100mm f3.5 on my Fuji.
A good match I think.
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Like 1 I have been gathering these pen f lenses as well. The quality of these little gems is outstanding. I picked up the 40mm 1.4, the 100 3.5 (which you demonstrate so effectively!) I recently snagged the pancake 38mm 2.8 as well. Little chance to try them out though as our air has been choked with smoke visibility and lighting has been atrocious as well.


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jamaeolus wrote:
Like 1 I have been gathering these pen f lenses as well. The quality of these little gems is outstanding. I picked up the 40mm 1.4, the 100 3.5 (which you demonstrate so effectively!) I recently snagged the pancake 38mm 2.8 as well. Little chance to try them out though as our air has been choked with smoke visibility and lighting has been atrocious as well.


I have just the two, and doubt that I will get another different one.
I use them when I want to travel light and carry little.
They are a perfect match for the Fuji and the results are good with both of them.
Here is a single frame from a short video from the Fuji using the 100mm E Zuiko
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Excellent lenses, I have quite a few (admittedly nearly all of them...) and like them a lot on my LUMIXes Wink


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Very nice lens.

One of the cheapest pen's lenses.

But very good lens too.

What about that pen's lenses in format of Sony nex 3 to 6?

The 38/1,8 has a dream quality.


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papasito wrote:
Very nice lens.

One of the cheapest pen's lenses.

But very good lens too.

What about that pen's lenses in format of Sony nex 3 to 6?

The 38/1,8 has a dream quality.


Thank you papasito.
NEX is APSc - same as the Fujifilm, so should work as well I think.
Happy snaps
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Just happened to have this lens with me the other evening and used it once again.
I only took the one image, but here it is.
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Awesome B/W pictures! Many old Zuikos are lovely!


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On the NEX 5n the pen f lenses look like they were made for the camera..


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What nice pictures! Were the E and F Zuikos both for half-frame?
Did the alphabets stand for the number of lens elements or just a series label?

How do the Olympus half frame lenses do on 4/3rds cameras — provided they are usable, of course, in
that format?


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chhayanat wrote:
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What nice pictures! Were the E and F Zuikos both for half-frame?
Did the alphabets stand for the number of lens elements or just a series label?

How do the Olympus half frame lenses do on 4/3rds cameras — provided they are usable, of course, in
that format?


Yes for half frame film camera - Pen-F.
The letters do stand for the number of elements - E=5, F=6, G=7 etc
They cover APS-C easily and so will cover 4/3rds as well
Thank you for your kind words everyone
Tom


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Oldhand wrote:
chhayanat wrote:
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What nice pictures! Were the E and F Zuikos both for half-frame?
Did the alphabets stand for the number of lens elements or just a series label?

How do the Olympus half frame lenses do on 4/3rds cameras — provided they are usable, of course, in
that format?


Yes for half frame film camera - Pen-F.
The letters do stand for the number of elements - E=5, F=6, G=7 etc
They cover APS-C easily and so will cover 4/3rds as well
Thank you for your kind words everyone
Tom


I find the whole series of lenses pretty amazing, also consiodering how small and light they are! Esp. the 1.5/60mm!!
I had some vignetting effects when using them on my Panasonic GH cameras, but can't remember which lenses this was (20mm most likely used wide open).
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