I always respect your careful, considered judgment. My remarks were
based on my memory of old Modern Photography and Popular Photography
tests. And those were confirmed by Gary Reese's tests. But the results
of the lens in your hand is always more important than a published
test.
Winsor
Long Beach, California
USA
On Jul 19, 2004, at 4:33 PM, C.H.Ling wrote:
>
> I agree the price of 40/2 is high today but I can't agree on the lower
> optical quality. With slides I didn't found its resolution poorer than
> 35/2
> at stopped down, at wide open it is even better than 35/2. The close
> focus
> performance is also excellent, not only it has higher mag. than 50/1.4
> it is
> also much sharper at close distance. It is now the lens I always bring
> with
> my E-1, I don't need to look for a 50/2 anymore.
>
> C.H.Ling
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