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Re: [OM] 420 deal

Subject: Re: [OM] 420 deal
From: "Jim Nichols" <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2008 11:01:24 -0600
Frank,

To me, it appears that your system front-focuses by one line, the best I 
have ever seen in such tests.  Very impressive, I will have to try that with 
my E-510 and 14-54 Zuiko.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Frank van Lindert" <Frank@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2008 10:45 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] 420 deal


> This is one of my tests, reproduced today.
> http://home.tiscali.nl/vanlindert/Calibration_E-400/test_diepte/test_diepte1.JPG
> I focused on the line indicated by the blue marker.
>
> Frank.
>
> Sun, 21 Dec 2008 17:22:04 +0100, Frank van Lindert
> <Frank@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>I first had a setup like yours, taking pictures along a ruler. And
>>yes, it was all macro with the 14-42/3.5-4.6 standard zoom lens which
>>was part of the E-400 kit.
>>
>>Later I have learned that it was better to photograph plain newspaper
>>print from an angle which is about twenty degrees from horizontal. It
>>will give you a better feeling of the depth of field, which was my
>>primary concern when testing different lenses and macro converters.
>>
>>BTW, my favorite macro converter is a lens which I unscrewed from an
>>Olympus slide copier (intended for copying slides or negatives to
>>digital). Its thread being 58mm it screws right onto my 14-42. Its
>>focal length is about 10cm.
>>
>>Frank.
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