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Re: [OM] 35/shift vs. regular 35

Subject: Re: [OM] 35/shift vs. regular 35
From: Thomas Bryhn <thomas.bryhn@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2001 16:30:12 +0200
At 08:57 02.10.01, Richard F. Man wrote:
OK, the urge to have as many Zuikos not withstanding, if I were to get a 35/shift lens, are there any reason to get a regular 35 besides it weighs less and it does not require pushing in the aperature pin?

Not to be anal about it, but the shift lens is designed with a much larger image circle than a regular 35/2.8. In other words, the regular lens can have mechanical vignetting in the front part of the lens, while the shift lens has to let light through from a much wider field of view. This additional light will then be bouncing around in the back of the lens and in the mirror box of the camera. The shift lens *could* very well have lower contrast in situations where strong light sources are just outside the image area. A hood from the regular 35mm should reduce the risk, though. Pure speculation from me, and I've got no intention to perform any field tests, as I don't like the 35mm focal length anyway.

Regards,
Thomas Bryhn


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