usher99@xxxxxxx wrote:
> Hi,
> Recently obtained a Viv S1 90mm macro from Paul on the list and a 1:1
> converter thanks to Jeff who spotted the adapter at B&H and quickly sent me
> the link.
> A 21 f2 was spotted (?Scott---thanks) on Pnet and I happened to e-mail Mike
> Hatem first and got it for an OK price.
> There were quickly 3 others in line hoping I would not buy it after I saw the
> photos of it. It has not arrived yet, though I will probably like it quite a
> bit after recovering from sticker shock. His note on Pnet said it is quite
> sharp above F8, though G.R site and weighted MTF on Photodo suggest is should
> be good above f4---Hmmm?
You plucked a plum with the 21/2. Mike went through a frenzy a while
ago, buying multiple copies of many lenses, testing them all, then
keeping the best. He sold them off at different prices, depending, I
think I recall, on how they fared relative to others of the same type in
his testing.. I wouldn't be at all surprised if yours outperforms the
one Photodo tested, no matter what their MTF says. Mike did detailed
comparisons at center, at least two mid zones, edge and corner. He was
quite through, using real world targets.
> He also sold the 21mm Zeiss for 3.5 K (cough, wheeze) in one day. I bought
> the Cameraquest C*non adapter from him as well, though I don't own a 5D. I
> now am buying gear for a camera I don't own and clearly have some new unnamed
> malady.
>
It has a name, but we dare not speak it here. :-)
Moose
(Already a member of the secret, outlaw society.)
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