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[OM] Still in shock about ZD 35-100 performance

Subject: [OM] Still in shock about ZD 35-100 performance
From: Dawid Loubser <dawid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2012 23:58:01 +0200
Guys, this is *insane* - do you have any idea how good the Zuiko Digital
35-100 is? Coupled with the RAW files of the E-5, and RawTherapee, the
resolution and complete and utter lack of aberrations across the frame
at any aperture is really quite something.

I just can't get to liking the blobby design and huge size of this
stuff, but my... the output is very impressive.


At f/2.0 - this blows my mind:
http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2012/229/5/b/zd_35_100_performance_at_f2_by_philosomatographer-d5bgcx7.jpg
(this is a zoom lens at f/2.0... look at the micro-contrast. Is it even
possible?)

At f/4.0 - almost foveon-like:
http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2012/229/6/8/zd_35_100_performance_at_f4_by_philosomatographer-d5bgd2x.jpg
(I have seen Zeiss primes on a Nikon D3X, and the overall image detail
is simply not better)

I can't believe "good light" shooters were never falling over their feet
getting into this system. Well, I guess the E-5 was too little too late,
but still - these lenses have a *lot* more left in them, and I hope a
sensor with better dynamic range / less noise makes its way into an
E-system SLR body - one last time.

Oh, right... You guys probably want to see some real images
(pixel-peeping is for amateurs)?  Here are a couple:

http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2012/219/3/d/fairy_slides_by_philosomatographer-d5a4at0.jpg
(35-100 @ 93mm, f/2.0)

http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2012/219/4/7/sunset_twinkle_by_philosomatographer-d5a4an9.jpg
(7-14 @ 14mm, f/4.0)

http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2012/219/c/7/it__s_coming_by_philosomatographer-d5a4akq.jpg
(35-100 @ 100mm, f/2.0)

http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2012/219/3/a/writhing_in_the_garden_by_philosomatographer-d5a4aci.jpg
(35-100 @ 38mm, f/2.0)

http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2012/219/c/2/slave_to_the_device_by_philosomatographer-d5a4a9w.jpg
(7-14 @ 7mm, f/4.0)

regards,
Dawid

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