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Re: [OM] Re: Old Zuikos sharper than new Canon Zooms?

Subject: Re: [OM] Re: Old Zuikos sharper than new Canon Zooms?
From: "David Irisarri" <div2000@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 6 Apr 2002 15:34:46 +0200
Hi,

I cannot understand why everybody is always complaining about Zuikos
vs other manufactures about their sharpness and contrast. When I
bought my OM4T, I did it due to its weight, compactness, spot metering,
robust body, crisp focusing screen, light lenses and a little bit of
love for my father´s OM1. I think you cannot compare to "different" lenses
from "different" manufactures and specially when you compare them with
"different" photos with "different" lighting conditions. Even thought with
Photodo results, everybody knows that Olympus didn´t optimize their lenses
for that ratio. What happens with 90/2? 4,2 photo result, is it a joke?
I have one 50/1,2 and I also have bought one Nikon LS-4000, I have
scanned Ektachrome E100 family slides and I cannot belive such resolving
resolution!!! Impressive results with flatenned film corner to corner.
If you buy Olympus is for their philosofy and way of making cameras and
lenses not for having the best 180/2 ever developed or whatever you
want to compare. I love the workflow, I follow with my work. Choose the
best film for the work I want to do, use my Zuiko that best suits my
work, clean film with Photosolutions PEC-12 for perfect scanning, scan the
flatenned slides or negatives with my Nikon LS-4000, choose the right
colour space for my output work, etc... You´ll never have the best of
the best with one company.

Best regards,

Dave
----- Original Message -----
From: <msparks@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, April 06, 2002 3:09 PM
Subject: [OM] Re: Old Zuikos sharper than new Canon Zooms?


Johnny,

Try projecting your slides to see if the results are comparable.  I think
it's been shown that even a 4000 PPI scan won't *fully* resolve a 35mm
slide. Plus, you may introduce other variables, like film flatness and
scanner focus, that are bypassed when you project the original to a large
enough size, focus precisely, and take a very close look.  In my experience
even the best scans don't come close to the effect from a nice, big
projection.

Morgan

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