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[OM] Re: Sigma 55-200mm vs Zuiko 50-200mm

Subject: [OM] Re: Sigma 55-200mm vs Zuiko 50-200mm
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2006 06:39:02 -0400
Does this also hold for modern, full-frame 35mm format lenses?  Or does 
this only hold for smaller image sizes?

Chuck Norcutt

Moose wrote:
> 
> Many current mid to high end zooms seem to have optimum apertures at or 
> near wide open. It used to be that you could be fairly sure that the 
> "sweet spot" of a lens would start about 3 stops down from wide open and 
> go for a couple of stops beyond. Now, the optimum aperture is usually 
> only a stop or so down and occasionally is wide open. And the sweet spot 
> is from wide open to seldom more than three stops down.



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