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Re: [OM] Lens sharpness

Subject: Re: [OM] Lens sharpness
From: Poirier Fabien <fabien.poirier-renexter@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2001 15:59:30 +0100
I also appreciate a lot this sort of quick list, even more if it also
take in account other than zuiko lens.

Fabien

Ray Moth a écrit :
> 
> Alan wrote:
> 
> Another point of view:
> 
> There is much more to image quality then "sharpness" or "resolution".
> Some of the zuiko lenses are very good some are not. The only sad thing
> is that the poor lenses will never be improved upon (since olympus has
> stopped developing the line). While the 50f1.2, 90f2, 250f2 and several
> others are truly wonderful lenses - olympus fame is more towards size
> then pure optical quality. The zooms tend to be rather poor (esp in the
> 70-200 range) as well as the telephoto lenses. Anyway, I'll stop here
> before someone ties me to a stake and lights a match...
> 
> =====================================================================
> 
> Alan,
> 
> No flames from me! What you say is no more than the truth: some Zuiko
> lenses are world-class while others are not. I'd be interested in
> seeing a list that distinguishes the best Zuiko lenses from the
> "also-rans".
> 
> I know Gary Reese's web site contains a heap of test results and I have
> often referred to it in the past. However, it takes quite a lot of
> concentrated effort to sort out the wheat from the chaff, especially
> since some of his tests were not doen under optimium conditions. For
> example, the results obtained with OM-2S/OM-4/OM-2000 using mirror and
> aperture pre-fire are better than those using the OM-1 with mirror
> lock.
> 
> A simple rating list would make the choice easier for someone who
> doesn't want to have every lens in the Zuiko stable but does want to
> select the best that (s)he can afford.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> =====
> Ray
> 
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