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arduluth wrote:
I'd love to see more from and hear more about your OM 35/2. I haven't seen a lot of images or discussion on that lens. It's one I've considered when shopping for a fast MF 35mm, but the lack of samples and good things said about it lead to me not even trying it. Looking good here!
arduluth wrote:
I'd love to see more from and hear more about your OM 35/2. I haven't seen a lot of images or discussion on that lens. It's one I've considered when shopping for a fast MF 35mm, but the lack of samples and good things said about it lead to me not even trying it. Looking good here!
Have just arrived home after the trip. Hence will feedback more detail later. Here're some initial impressions of this low-praised Zuiko:
1. Wider aperture f2.0 to f2.8: it's glow, not unusable, but glow. and low contrast too. But I can easily boost up in Photoshop.
2. From f4 or smaller: it sharp, and corner will be on excellent level (at least to my eyes) from f8 to f11. Saturation also improve a lot.
3. It main weakness are: flare & lacking of micro contrast. Especially compare to my other Contax lenses, this Zuiko lacks the micro contrast that Zeiss is famous for. My limited PP skill can't compensate for this lacking. Also, it's flare sometimes in weird position. I'm not saying it's easy to flare, but, sometimes even when the sun not in the frame, it still has ghost, and with strange color. Fortunately, even when it flared, the contrast still good retained (relatively).
Some more samples:
1. at f4.0 (or f5.6) - just notice to the heel of the woman - a strange purple there due to the sun light
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2. at f11 - the lowest left corner has flare, although the sun was way out of the frame
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3. at f4.0 - i think ok for people shot:
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4. at f8.0 - in ideal situation, it shined brilliantly
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So, after all, it's a lens with flaws. But has its own characters and has not have a modern render look. Not too sharp, not too saturation, but has its own charms, especially with the current running price (I bought it in the UK with just 130 UKP)
One key point for me is its tiny size and weight. The Zuiko is smaller than most of my lenses in focal 35 to 50mm range. When trekking 20km/day consecutively in few days, 100 grams weight different are really a lot
Edited on Feb 07, 2017 at 09:45 AM · View previous versions
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