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Re: [OM] Fancy Oly Lens

Subject: Re: [OM] Fancy Oly Lens
From: Philippe <photo.philippe.amard@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2021 20:33:10 +0100
They might be waiting for you to bring your.s 

Just in case, you can also call Bezos or Branson. Let them know we had a talk 
about it. 

;-)

Looks like the current gear reads NIKON though 

Who said that lens is heavy?
https://www.lci.fr/sciences-et-innovation/thomas-pesquet-utilise-t-il-une-technique-speciale-ses-photo-depuis-l-espace-2187523.html

More detailed views of the gear on a previous mission : scroll down to have a 
glimpse of the gear that guy just returning from out there used
https://www.lesnumeriques.com/photo/thomas-pesquet-l-astronaute-fran-ais-parle-aussi-de-photo-pu119765.html


Amities

Philippe



> Le 11 nov. 2021 à 09:01, Wayne Harridge <wayne.harridge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
> a écrit :
> 
> Oh, yeah that bloody atmosphere !  Did NASA ever deploy a Zuiko 350/2.8 in
> space ?
> 
> ...Wayne
> 
> 
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: olympus <olympus-
>> bounces+wayne.harridge=structuregraphs.com@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> On
>> Behalf Of Moose
>> Sent: Thursday, 11 November 2021 4:33 PM
>> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: Re: [OM] Fancy Oly Lens
>> 
>> On 11/6/2021 3:32 PM, Wayne Harridge wrote:
>>> I wonder how the performance stacks up against a current vintage lens of
>> that focal length & aperture ?
>> 
>> A question that may be moot in practical use.
>> 
>> The great equalizer is the soft filter effect of air movement.
>> 
>> Testing 300 mm lenses on a utility pole about 40 m. away, it was sort of
>> possible to see how they compared, but I had to be careful to look at
> several
>> parts of the images. Air movement had a very obvious effect that varied
>> across the frame.
>> 
>> Later testing the OM 600/6.5 against other lenses on a test target, I
> worked
>> @ 40 ft. on a milder day. No obvious air movement effects.
>> 
>> I more recently posted shots with the Oly 100-400 and MC14. At about 20
> ft.,
>> I got quite sharp images. At longer distances, the detail just isn't
> there.
>> 
>> One might take out this OM 350/2.8, Nikon and Canon 400/2.8 lenses and
>> find no difference in shots of things such as wildlife at anything other
> than
>> quite close distances.
>> 
>> Practical Resolutions Moose
>> 
>> --
>> What if the Hokey Pokey *IS* what it's all about?
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