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Subject: Re: [OM] ......Zuiko 50/1.2......
From: "John A. Lind" <jlind@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2002 22:15:36 -0500
At 20:35 10/2/02, TMLee wrote:
Dear All....
Cannot find this lens on offer at eBay...... anyone knows where is this
glass available ?

Just got outbid over a Zuiko 50/1.4 last nite.....

BTW , how is the performance of this lens ? the most flare prone amongst the
50s ?

I wouldn't call the 50/1.2 the most flare prone. IMHO it's the most flare resistant among all the Zuiko 50mm "standards." Stellar performer and very even across all the apertures at about f/2 and up. Clearly has the highest resolving power and contrast of any of the 50's I've owned, which include three 50/1.4's which span two, if not three formulations of them, and a 50/1.8 single-coated.

Closest ones to it are the two 50/1.4's with S/N>1M and S/N>1.1M. Similar at the tighter apertures, but don't seem quite as even at the wider ones (f/2.4 - f/2.8). The 50/1.2 isn't to be coveted for its sheer speed; it's the performance at the narrower apertures. It wasn't compromised to get the design to f/1.2.

-- John


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