I'll have to give my 35/2.8 a good workout on the Canyon then. 35mm is
not one of my standard focal lengths and I'm not sure it has ever taken
a photo through any of my cameras, either film or digital. I inherited
it somehow. Probably as a deal which included a body.
Chuck Norcutt
On 2/22/2011 1:30 PM, Ken Norton wrote:
> Chuck, I believe that would depend on how much correction the lens
> has. Overly corrected lenses have that spade-shape coma, but a classic
> lens like the Zuiko 50/1.4 will have the ellipses which resembles
> commas.
>
> But I'll leave this for the optical experts here on the list. I just
> know that some of my lenses are better served stopped down a couple
> notches where others are perfectly happy wide open. The 35/2.8 is one
> of the happier lenses.
>
> AG
>
> On Tuesday, February 22, 2011, Chuck Norcutt
> <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> I'd have thought that any appreciable coma (obvious in the small scale
>> of star images) would have been visible as at least slight distortions
>> in the corners pointing back to the center of the field. Am I incorrect?
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt
>>
>>
>> On 2/22/2011 9:45 AM, Ken Norton wrote:
>>> I do agree with Chuck that you cannot tell much from a web image of
>>> that size, but the image DOES illustrate the uniformity the 35/2.8 OM
>>> Zuiko has. From my own personal experience with this lens, I'd say
>>> that the displayed image is representative of my own results.
>>>
>>> There is coma with this lens, but it is not going to be very visible
>>> in that image size. Overall, the lens is a winner and as I've said
>>> before, it would be my last Zuiko standing. It, and my 100/2.8 are my
>>> dying grasp lenses.
>>>
>>> AG
>>>
>>>
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