Let's imagine a 50 3,5 Zuiko macro lens. It can reach, say, a resolution of
80 lines / mm, of a very high contrasted subject. Let's reduce this lens to
a 1/3 in all dimensions: we'll get a 17 3,5 Zuiko macro lens, of the total
size and weight of 1/27 of the OM one. Of course this new small lens shall
resolve at least 80*3 that is 240 lines / mm, being smaller in every
respect.
That is also why Medium Format lenses cannot be compared to Small Format
ones...
Marco
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>Da: William Sommerwerck <williams@xxxxxxxxxx>
>A: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Oggetto: [OM] bad dealings; brightness vs. focusing ease; Minox image
quality; drag and delete
>Data: Dom, 14 feb 1999 15:16
>
>Thus we arrive at the point of this posting. The Minox has made me aware
>just how mediocre even "good" camera lenses are. (The Minox lens is
>almost certainly superior to the 50mm Summicron -- and that's saying
>something.) I am now musing over what photographic life would be like if
>all our 35mm lenses (or at least those in the 40mm to 100mm range) were
>as highly corrected as the Minox.
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