Olympus 14-54mm f/2.8-3.5 at 2.8 longest range

<p>What is the longest focal range that you can have the Olympus 14-54mm f/2.8-3.5 at 2.8?</p>

<p>I would think that would be 14mm Steve. As soon as you begin zooming out the aperture is going to effectively decrease.</p>

<p>What is the point of this question? The difference between f/2.8 and f/3.5 is small, after all.</p>

<p>The focal length of the lens doesn't change if the aperture is changed. Only the depth of field changes. The difference between 2.8 and 3.5 is going to fairly small. However the depth of field change between F22 and F2.8 is going to be very large.</p>

<p><strong>What is the point of this question? The difference between f/2.8 and f/3.5 is small, after all.</strong><br>

Guess you don't do much low light shooting where half a stop can make a difference. Try Reading the question again if you want to know the point@ it to find out<strong>, What is the longest focal range that you can have the Olympus 14-54mm f/2.8-3.5 at 2.8?</strong></p>

<p>14mm<br>

Make several images at different focal lengths with the aperture wide open (use Manual mode) and then check the metadata to see how the aperture adjusts to focal length.</p>

<p>I shoot low light wildlife and 1/2 stop makes a lot of difference at certain times of the day.</p>

<p>I read the question the first time and it mystified me. It wants not the longest focal length but "the longest focal <em>range</em>", whatever that means.</p>

<p>Set lens to 14mm and f/2.8. With eye to finder, increase focal length until aperture changes. Then back up just a little, until it becomes f/2.8 again, and take photo of anything. Read EXIF data. Repeat ten times, work out arithmetic mean.</p>

<p>I do a great deal of work in low light, and when I anticipate that I take along my "pancake" 25/2.8. There are faster, constant aperture zoom lenses.</p>

<p>Check the review of this lens at slrgear.com, they provide a table of maximum aperture vs. focal length.</p>

<p>Don't know why people have to be so difficult...</p>

<p>Focal length 14mm 18mm 25mm 35mm 54mm<br>

Largest aperture ƒ/2.8 ƒ/2.9 ƒ/3.1 ƒ/3.2 ƒ/3.5</p>

<p> </p>

<p>Bravo Patrick! Way to rise above the snippity my (insert appropriate object here) is bigger than yours.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.olympusamerica.com/cpg_section/product.asp?product=1454&page=specs">http://www.olympusamerica.com/cpg_section/product.asp?product=1454&page=specs</a></p>

<p>hope this will help.</p>

<p>Patrick and Sumit thanks. I had began to feel that this forum was for unhelpful people only, I honestly wonder why these people bother replying. Thanks for your help.</p>

<p> </p>