On Sat, 9 Apr 2005, Joel Wilcox wrote:
>
> I can't compare primes to primes, but I can compare the 14-54 ZD with my
> 50/3.5. The quick report is that the 50/3.5 works great and I thought
> surpassed the 14-54, though the zoom is certainly amazing in close quarters.
Great comparison, thanks! The 14-54 probably isn't the best choice of lens
to check resolution, I find it to be rather poor actually. It's not bad on
the telephoto end, but the wide end is horribly soft. I've heard that the
cheaper E-300 kit lens performs better!
One thing your test did indrectly do is confirm the difference in colour
balance I've seen between the ZD and OM lenses. I took your samples and
added quite a bit of yellow and some magenta to the ZD shot. Here's the
resulting comparision: http://olympus.dementia.org/E-1/ZDvsZ.jpg In this
case I rather like the yellowish colour balance better, but in many other
cases you really need to be aware of it when using the OM lenses.
-mark
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