At 5:37 pm -0600 11/3/98, Ken Norton wrote:
>SQUEEK
>
>...sound of Pandora's box being opened...
>
>I've been looking over my bag of wonderful zuikos and other miscellaneous
>lens like items and discovered something of interest. What I thought were
>MC lenses are actually SC lenses. (sounds of gasping from the peanut
>gallery). The only true MC Zuiko lens in my bag is the 35-shift and
>24/2.8. The Tokina ATX 35-70/2.8 is MC and so is the Soligar 200/2.8. But
Great sniplets of words of wisdom
>100/2.8 and SC 50/1.4 lenses. Go ahead and berate the 50/1.4 all you want,
>but it was sharper than the lens on my old Mamiya 645. If I can quantify
More snips here....
>
>If you are looking to build a "showcase" collection, fine, get the MC
>lenses. If you are happy with some of the finest lenses ever made for 35mm
>cameras then consider SC as well as the MC lenses.
>
>Ken (currently sorting 2000 unfiled slides-most taken with SC lenses) Norton
>Quincy Illinois.
Hurrah, hurrah....... That's the sort of input we need to resolve the
MC/SC issue once and for all. My interest has always been in the 50mm as
most of you are painfully aware - shooting at bright lights and then
printing to 36"x24" tests the optics to the limits.
Hey Ken, reckon the Mamiya 645 image softness was due to the non-flatness
of the film rather than the optics ;-)
All the best,
Clive http://clive.bel-epa.com
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