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Re: [OM] 50 mm Zuiko shootout

Subject: Re: [OM] 50 mm Zuiko shootout
From: PCACala@xxxxxxx
Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1998 12:00:48 EDT
In a message dated 6/18/1998 3:48:59 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
foxcroft@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:

> I wonder what the 50mm f3.5 would come out like. Better or worse than the
>  f2.0?

Hi Foxy:

I tested those against each other years ago.  The 3.5 was no match for the 2.0
at f/4.0 and was marginally poorer at 5.6.  At f/8 to 16 they were film
limited (i.e., you couldn't detect a difference with normal shooting films).
The f/22 setting (on the 3.5 only) was kind of soft.

Gary Reese
Las Vegas, NV

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