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Subject: [OM] Astrophotography Lens Tests
From: Matt BenDaniel <matt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2000 14:14:02 -0500
I have reviewed several months of wide field astrophotography to determine the 
widest satisfactory aperture for my Olympus OM camera lenses. What I care about 
most are coma, spherical, and chromatic aberrations. Vignetting is less of a 
problem, because it can be mitigated in post-processing.

Here's a summary:

Lens                    f-stop  stop-down

Zuiko 8/2.8             8       3 stops
Sigma 16/2.8            8       3 stops
Zuiko 28/2              4       2 stops
Zuiko 50/1.8            2.8     2 stops
Zuiko 90/2              2.8     1 stop
Zuiko 135/2.8           4       1 stop
Zuiko 250/2             2       0 stops

Matt BenDaniel
http://people.ne.mediaone.net/mbendaniel/gallery/astro/wide.html 

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