I think the best way to judge it to walk around and shoot with it. I
love the character of this lens and I found it to be fairly sharp lens
at f2, especially up close (this lens gets in close enough to border on
macro).
I suggest that everyone who has this lens take some shots that push the
lens to it's limits and report back on he results. Maybe we can all post
them together for all to see. Perhaps we can finally confirm or debunk
the mystique of this lens once and for all.
Just a thought...
Mike V. <><
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Winsor Crosby
Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 11:10 PM
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [OM] Performance of Zuiko 40/2
>
>But C/C+ at /2? That's the point of getting a /2, isn't it? Lets
>see..., at /2 21/2 .... B+/C 24/2 .... C+ / C w/ mirror up, prefire...
>28/2 .... B / B
>35/2 .... B, and C- at corner
>40/2 .... C / C
>50/2 .... C / C <-- wow! That low?
>85/2 .... C+ / C+ --- B+/B- w/ mirror up, prefire
>90/2 .... B+ / A <-- whee, no wonder it's so good :-)
>100/2 ... C+/ C+
>180/2 ... A/ A- <-- WOW!
>250/2 ... A / B+ <-- wow!
I don't think the F2 is the point. It is the compactness of the
design that intrigues people. Even though a couple of reviews when it
came out were not that enthusiastic I think they were done by people
who did not care how small it was and at the time each new Oly lens
was expected to be really exceptional which it was not compared even
to Oly's own 35mm lens. It is really a very nice special purpose lens
designed make a small package combined with the camera that might
even conceivably slip into a very roomy overcoat pocket.
From a quick look at Gary's list it appears that your 50/2 results
were not the optimum test with prefire which was B-/B-; 35/2 was A-/C;
and the champion was the 50/1.4 set at F2 for A-/B.
Another thing to think about is that shooting with modern films at f2
is rare and if it is that dark optimum quality for any lens is going
to be at a smaller f stop from the top of a tripod.
--
Winsor Crosby
Long Beach, California
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