Which are your favourite OM Zuiko lenses and why?

i only have two, 50mm 1.4 and a 100mm 2.8. i love the latter. if you include all lenses in om mount, i love my 28,, sigma 2.8 as well.

Sharp, fast.

I only own 50/1.4 and 50/1.8 (many) zuiko lenses. I really love my 50/1.4 single coated lens. I am looking at acquiring an 85/2 and a 300/4.5 over the course of the next year.

For non zuiko lenses, but OM mount, I really love my Sigma 28/1.8 lens, its slick. In some ways I love how compact and lovely feeling my Tamron 28/2.5 almost more (certainly use it more because of its small size).

135 2.8. I can't shoot with it enough.

100mm f/2.8. Beautiful results and VERY compact compared to other 100mm lenses, great background separation for portraits, sharp but not TOO sharp, with a nice soft bokeh, just a great portrait lens all around.

35-70 f/3.5-4.5. Tiny. One of the smallest zoom lenses I have ever seen in any focal length, and sharp as a tack. This lens proves for me that number of elements and size of the lens has absolutely NOTHING to do with final results. It preforms great at all zooms and is an excellent choice when you can only carry one lens. Close focus allows for Portraits and Landscapes with one optic. Bokeh is a little harsh, but gives a nice abstraction with vegetation that is pleasant to look at. Size and weight of the lens makes up for it's slowness, it's easy to shoot hand-held even in low light with slow film.

24mm f/2.8. The perfect wide. It's compact, sharp and I think 24mm is the perfect balance in a wide angle. It gives you breathtaking landscapes without distortion, but can also serve the purpose of giving you dramatic foreshortening distortion if you close focus. Stopped down, you can shoot it for street photography with the focus set to infinity and never touch the focus. For me, it's "just wide enough" and is a nice compact gem that I can carry in my pocket with caps on it. About the same size as the 50mm f/1.8 and packs a mean punch.

50mm f/1.8. I'm not a fan of the f/1.4. It's too big, too heavy and too soft wide-open for my taste. The 1.8 is great and can be used for just about anything you challenge it with. I've never noticed too much of a difference in brightness between the 1.8 and 1.4, but the 1.8 is MILES easier to nail critical focus. I can focus with this lens as fast than most AF lenses can do their thing... and the results are wicked sharp and the bokeh is smooth with a touch of abstraction. Again, compact and fun.

These 4 lenses make up my main shooting line and I can pack them into a TINY camera bag knowing that I have my bases covered. I've never really shot any lenses longer than 135mm on a regular basis, probably because I don't photograph birds. I shoot people, buildings and landscapes and I think this set is perfect for what I do.

Another vote for the 100mm f2.8 - it just seemed like I saw the world through 100mm eyes. Olympus had a real winner in this lens.

jZ

Like a broken record....100 2.8. Sweet little lens. Attached to an OM-1MD with the nice big viewfinder, yup, that's it.

40/2, 28/3.5. The first one's expensive, the other dirt cheap. Both sharp and have character. Just picked up the 35-70/3.5-4.5, which I had never ever seen before. It is barely bigger than a Zuiko prime. I may really end up liking it.

My favorites, 100mm/f2, 18mm, 21mm/f2, 28mm/f2 and 500mm.