Those are interesting. I wonder if my problem is that I only have tried it
wide open in extremely low light, like shooting Tmax3200 at 1/5 of a second
wide open. Maybe my focusing was off ? I'll give it a try in bright light
next time I shoot a roll of film with the OM's! Your results were excellent.
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On 10/14/07 5:04 AM, "C.H.Ling" <ch_photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> My experience with the 40/2 is different, it is quite sharp wide open, here
> is the test I just made with E300, all shoot in RAW and converted with
> Olympus Viewer, sharpness -5. Camera in tripod with 2 seconds shutter delay.
>
> The lens in compare is the OM Zuiko 50/2 Macro. Yes, the 50/2 is sharper but
> I won't say the 40/2 is soft wide open.
>
> http://www.accura.com.hk/40F2_F2.jpg
> http://www.accura.com.hk/50F2_F2.jpg
> http://www.accura.com.hk/40F2_F4.jpg
> http://www.accura.com.hk/50F2_F4.jpg
>
> C.H.Ling
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chris Crawford" <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2007 2:04 PM
> Subject: [OM] Re: Sometimes, the 'bad' lenses aren't so bad
>
>
>> That's a lot lower number than the one I had but the results are
>> excellent.
>> I used to get soft pictures shooting my 1.4 and my 1.8's wide open in low
>> light but I think it was inaccurate focusing, not the lens, that was the
>> problem. I always had trouble focusing in low light with my OM's with the
>> 1-13 screen (the standard OM screen). I later got a 2-13 for each of my
>> OM-4T bodies and I have had no problem with soft images wide open with my
>> 50's. The only lens I have that really is soft wide open is the 40mm f2,
>> which everyone seems to say is not very good wide open. The 50 1.8 is a
>> sharper lens wide open by a long way and is a little better stopped down
>> than the 40, but I like the 40's bokeh and the focal length is great for
>> candid street work.
>>
>>
>
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