Larry,
The 500/8 Zuiko is lower in contrast than all the other Zuikos.
On occasion I have though about selling mine because of that. However, it is
an amazingly compact lens so I have kept it around for it's convenience. On
an E-body it is hard to beat the 1000/8 performance.
Mark
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lawrence Woods" <lmwoods@xxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, December 22, 2006 4:22 PM
Subject: [OM] OM Zuiko 500/8 on E-1
>
> Nice pictures. I have a question about the contrast. It seems low in
> all three pictures. I have been told that mirror-reflex lenses tend to
> have low contrast, but the Zuiko 500 is one of the better ones in that
> regard.
>
> Was it cloudy or overcast at the time you took the pictures?
>
> ----- Larry Woods
> lmwoods@rc n.com
>
> ------ Original message ----------------
> From: "Brian Swale" <bj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2006 00:22:47 +1300
> Subject: [OM] OM Zuiko 500/8 on E-1
>
>
> Hi all
>
> As mentioned a day or so ago, I spent about an hour trying the 500 / E-1
> combo on birds and in that time took about 50 shots.
>
> Here are three
> http://homepages.caverock.net.nz/~bj/photography/zuikoholics/little-pied-shag.jpg
> 177 kb
> http://homepages.caverock.net.nz/~bj/photography/zuikoholics/red-billed-gull.jpg
> 107 kb
> http://homepages.caverock.net.nz/~bj/photography/zuikoholics/geese.jpg
> 393 kb
>
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