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Re: [OM] Speaking of sharpness ... [was OM Meet Beauly]

Subject: Re: [OM] Speaking of sharpness ... [was OM Meet Beauly]
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2013 20:04:10 -0400
All are very nice within their size domain.

Chuck Norcutt


On 9/13/2013 5:09 PM, Moose wrote:
> On 9/13/2013 11:27 AM, Chris Barker wrote:
>> Lovely, Bob!  A "bourgeois concept" indeed . . .
>>
>> Actually, we all like sharpness, in the right place, it's just that we don't 
>> know Moose sharpness.
>
> When it's sharp, it should be sharp. :-)   My new to me M.Z 60/2.8 Macro lens 
> arrived from KEH. Way too much stuff to do
> before heading for New England for a month, so I've hardly used it. I expect 
> to have plenty of opportunities on the trip.
>
> Here's a little comparison of it to my primary recent means of 'getting 
> close'.
> <http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=8362>Doing 1:1 hand held is 
> problematic, so the 60/2.8 shot is on a tripod,
> the others hand held.
>
> Assuming both frames are magnified to the same display size, 1:1 on 4/3 
> covers the equivalent subject area of 2:1 on FF.
> So this is pretty darn close. ;-)
>
> The flowers are Cape Honeysuckle, about 5 cm from base to tip of the 
> reproductive* parts. The pads on the tip of the
> stamens are about 4 mm long, so they are MUCH larger than life size on screen 
> in the 100% crop.
>
> At 1:1, focusing is easier with a focusing rail, so one just went in the pile 
> of things for our trip.
>
> Speaking of sharp, this is the first µ4/3 lens I've used where I can see a 
> clear deterioration of detail @ 100%, moving
> from f11 to f16.
>
> Tacky Moose
>
> * Naughty bits. **
>
> ** sexy parts.
>
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