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Re: [OM] How various 50mm lenses render images

Subject: Re: [OM] How various 50mm lenses render images
From: <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2011 08:19:02 -0700
I'm in Las Vegas visiting my Dad but I'm gonna save these links until I get 
home and have proper software and hardware conditions for comparison.

Chuck Norcutt


>  -------Original Message-------
>  From: Wayne Harridge <wayneharridge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>  To: 'Olympus Camera Discussion' <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>  Subject: [OM] How various 50mm lenses render images
>  Sent: Apr 23 '11 06:09
>  
>  A couple of weeks ago I assembled a stack of "normal" lenses, adapters and
>  an E-P1 to shoot a comparison to see how each lens rendered the scene I had
>  set up.  The lenses ranged in focal length from 45mm to 58mm and included a
>  few zooms set at 50mm.  This link:
>  http://lrh.structuregraphs.com/test/lens_02_f22.htm shows the setup which I
>  hoped would help to differentiate the rendering of the different lenses, in
>  particular bokeh.  Note the elements which normally show up bad bokeh:
>  sticks, specular reflections (aluminium foil on a stick, candelabra against
>  the wall), striped wallpaper.  I used a 500W photoflood for lighting,
>  tungsten WB on the E-P1, ISO 400, aperture priority mode.  The images were
>  only resized to 450x600 for the web with no other post processing.  Note
>  that the E-P1 doesn't maintain consistent exposure when the lens is stopped
>  down.
>  
>  The comparison page is here:
>  
>  http://lrh.structuregraphs.com/test/50mm_comparison.htm
>  
>  Any comments welcome, in particular I'd like to know which lens you think
>  has the best rendition of the subject.
>  
>  Also let me know if you find broken links or any other problems.
>  
>  ...Wayne
>  
>  Wayne Harridge
>  http://lrh.structuregraphs.com/
>  
>  
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