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Re: [OM] Macro with the Zuiko 135s?

Subject: Re: [OM] Macro with the Zuiko 135s?
From: "Earl Dunbar" <edunbar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 10:35:49 -0500
So Jim, after you do the Hokey Bokeh, do you turn yourself around?

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On 10/26/2003 at 9:34 PM Jim Couch wrote:

>The 135, combined with the telescoping auto tube is my favorite setup 
>for flowers and butterflies. The real advantage lies in the working 
>distance you gain over the 80mm. The bokeh is wondeful, I would describe 
>it (hokey as it may sound) as 'smooth and creamy"  The 135 f/2.8 
>actually works fairly well for macro stuff as well. Bokeh is not as 
>good, and you will need more than 25mm worth of tube in most cases.. It 
>does work well with the telescoping tube.  I have found that the more 
>exspensive multi-element close-up lenses (such as Nik*ns work well, but 
>are definatly more flare prone, and the lens hood becomes less 
>effective, or cannot be used. (The Nik*n is 62mm and has to be used with 
>a step-up ring so you cannot use the built in lens hood.)
>
>Jim Couch
>
>Fast Primes wrote:
>
>> I know the Zuiko 135F4.5 macro is optimized for a 1:5 ratio and will 
>> of course, be better corrected than a 135F2.8 or 135F3.5 Zuiko on MTF 
>> curves and test charts. But what about such things as flowers and 
>> butterflies? How about such qualities as "bokeh"? How does a 135F2.8 
>> with a 25mm extension tube or high quality 55mm close-up lens fare 
>> against the 135F4.5 macro itself?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> fast_primes
>>
>
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