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Re: [OM] Zuiko 80 f/4.0 really is impressive

Subject: Re: [OM] Zuiko 80 f/4.0 really is impressive
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2012 09:00:45 -0400
I like the image regardless of what you used to shoot it.

Chuck Norcutt


On 3/18/2012 1:52 PM, Dawid Loubser wrote:
> Quite some time back - in an attempt to build up a complete set of the
> old Macro Bellows lenses - I obtained (for rather next to nothing) a
> first-generation Zuiko 80mm f/4.0 Macro lens. The one with single
> coatings and manual aperture. At the time, I also shot Fomapan 100 in
> an OM-1.
>
> I must say, scanning some of these old images, the resolving power and
> crisp contrast of this lens is truly impressive (almost 40 years old!).
>
> This is the full frame, shot at f/11:
>
>> http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2012/078/c/4/mussel_in_the_sand_by_philosomatographer-d4t9gvi.jpg
>> (OM-1, Zuiko Macro 80/4 @ f/11 or so, Fomapan 100)
>
> And a small crop (as good as I can do with my consumer-grade scanner,
> an optically enlarged crop print in the darkroom would show much more):
>
>> http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2012/078/6/a/mussel_in_the_sand___crop_by_philosomatographer-d4t9ifg.jpg
>
>
> Viewing the negative through my<germanAccent>powerful gestapo loupe</
> germanAccent>, I can see much much more. The mystique around the Zuiko
> Macros are well-deserved, this $200 combo at the very least equals the
> $7000 Canon EOS Digital setup I used to use for such images.
>
> Dawid
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