Chuck,
I think the Tak shot was at either f/4 or f/5.6. I chose the wide open lens
for the Soligor shot because I could not choose my background, and needed to
throw it out of focus. You are correct, the lens performs quite well at
smaller apertures.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chuck Norcutt" <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2008 6:00 AM
Subject: [OM] Re: Oly E-510 With Legacy Lenses
>I also noted that the images are soft. I don't know what aperture was
> used on the 55mm Takumar but see that you shot the 35mm Soligor at f/2.
> Had you been able to shoot at f/8 the lens might have given a
> different impression of itself. I wouldn't count them out yet.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
> Jim Nichols wrote:
>> Moose,
>>
>> Thanks for looking, and for your frank comments. I was not surprised that
>> my
>> Zuiko lens provides greater sharpness than the older lenses. After all,
>> design techniques and construction materials have made great strides in
>> the
>> years since they were produced. What I did appreciate, in some informal
>> portraits that I chose not to post, was that the older lenses are much
>> kinder to older faces, which I often encounter at my age of 78. The
>> Zuiko
>> just provides too much sharpness in such images.
>>
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Moose" <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2008 12:42 AM
>> Subject: [OM] Re: Oly E-510 With Legacy Lenses
>>
>>
>>> Jim Nichols wrote:
>>>> One reason I chose the E-510 as my first DSLR was because adapters were
>>>> available to permit me to experiment with lenses that I already owned.
>>>> I
>>>> first purchased a Fotodiox M42 to 4/3 adapter, and, recently, added a
>>>> focus confirmation chip from TagoTech. Because of the quality of the
>>>> Zuiko 14-54 lens, I did not expect better photos from my legacy lenses,
>>>> just something different.
>>>>
>>>> The first example was made with a Pentax Takumar 55/1.8 lens.
>>>>
>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Vincas.tif.html
>>>>
>>> Nice composition and color, but I'd prefer a bit more sharpness.
>>>> The second example was made with a Soligor 35/2.0 CD(computer designed)
>>>> lens.
>>>>
>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Small+Butterfly.tif.html
>>>>
>>> Same think as above, except it's even softer. I suspect this wasn't such
>>> a great lens on film in its time, at least wide open. Pretty hard to get
>>> a good capture of such a small, flighty critter with a wide lens.
>>>
>>> The name of that kind of butterfly is 'skipper'.
>>> <http://www.cirrusimage.com/skipper_photos.htm>
>>>
>>> This variety, whichever one it may be, is fairly common around here.
>>> <http://www.moosemystic.net/Gallery/MPhotos/Home/Skipper.htm>
>>>
>>> Moose
>>>
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