I have tried three different 28/2, all have barrel distortions, not much but
you can easily seen that by putting straight lines at the film edges. (No,
you cannot see it in the viewfinder, the OM viewfinder itself has barrel
distortion, shoot a slide or print you will see that.)
C.H.Ling
----- Original Message -----
From: "Garth Wood" <garth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> I think Gary's tests were a bit unusual in the results for the 28/2.0
Zuiko
> -- other testers I've seen reports from state that this lens has no
> noticeable distortion at all. I chalk the difference up to sample
> variation. My own 28/2.0 seems to be virtually free of barrel distortion.
>
> Otherwise, it's got remarkable performance, particularly at around the
> F/4.0 "sweet spot." I wouldn't write it off. Some of the photos I've
> taken with it (even so-called "snapshot-quality" photos) blew some of my
> friends' socks off, due to the combination of sharpness and contrast the
> photos evinced.
>
> Garth
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