I'm with you about the quality of 35/2, it is good enough for most
applications, it is better to worry about focus accuracy due to the narrow
DOF.
Talking about lens performance 24/2 really provide very fine details at wide
open, the little softness is not an issue for digital sensor (easy
corrected). What even better is the performance of 50/1.4 SC at F2, besides
fine details, it is also very clean and sharp, the best lens for its money.
C.H.Ling
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dawid Loubser"
> Hmm... for the size of prints I usually make (rarely larger than
> 9.5x12in) the 35/2.0 looks
> more than good enough. I've never understood the point of pixel-
> peeping, especially for lenses to
> be used with film, but thank you C.H. Ling, your test images are as
> ever very useful.
>
> I sure love my 24/2.0, and your image shows the impressive performance
> even wide open for an almost
> 40-year old design.
>
> cheers.
>
> On 02 Jul 2009, at 11:56 AM, C.H.Ling wrote:
>
>> In my experience 35/2 is the least sharp Zuiko wide among the F2
>> group. For
>> the F2 Zuiko wide, the order of resolution at infinity would be:
>> 21/2, 24/2,
>> 28/2 and 35/2. 21/2 and 24/2 are very close in performance.
>>
>> 21/2, 24/2 and 28/2 has close focus correction, they should perform
>> better
>> at close distance. I think the price reflect the quality very well,
>> 35/2 is
>> the cheapest F2 wide, of course it is also due to this focal length is
>> easier to make.
>>
>> BTW, I just made some test shot with 35/2, 24/2 and 50/1.4 SC, you
>> can see
>> the performance of both 24/2 and 50/1.4 are better but the 35/2 shot
>> is
>> still very usable. (the focus point is at "Central Valley")
>>
>> http://www.accura.com.hk/temp/IMG_5479_35F2.JPG
>>
>> http://www.accura.com.hk/temp/IMG_5480_24F2.JPG
>>
>> http://www.accura.com.hk/temp/IMG_5481_5014F2.JPG
>>
>> C.H.Ling
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