The panny 7-14 isn\'t that good! Do some actual stress testing of it. It smears light points around the outer areas of the frame quite badly. It fringes out sometimes too. It\'s a fun cool lens but not really that great.
I dunno the Panasonic 20mm, and the Leica 25mm - so no comment. However I guess the near perfect (on µ4/3) Yashica ML 21 (for $150 to $250) will match or beat them. And look cooler doing it too!
The Olympus 45mm gets it\'s ass kicked by a lot of other 45 and 50mm lenses.
I dunno the Leica 45mm macro or Olympus 75mm either but on the later I guess the FD 85/1.2 will blow it away - and a half! Also for actual macros the Leica 45mm ?? Really? Are you sure? Does it do 1:1 ? Is it perfect at f/2.8? Is it less than $200? (What, no distance scale on a macro lens?)
But you\'re right. At the ultra wide end there\'s not so much better IQ as there is same IQ for a lot less money. By the time we hit 35mm however there is both better and cheaper offerings in MF lenses. And that advantage increases linearly with focal length.
The panny 7-14 isn\'t that good! Do some actual stress testing of it. It smears light points around the outer areas of the frame quite badly. It fringes out sometimes too. It\'s a fun cool lens but not really that great.
I dunno the Panasonic 20mm, and the Leica 25mm - so no comment. However I guess the near perfect (on µ4/3) Yashica ML 21 (for $150 to $250) will match or beat them. And look cooler doing it too!
The Olympus 45mm gets it\'s ass kicked by a lot of other 45 and 50mm lenses.
I dunno the Leica 45mm macro or Olympus 75mm either but on the later I guess the FD 85/1.2 will blow it away - and a half! Also for actual macros the Leica 45mm ?? Really? Are you sure? Does it do 1:1 ? Is it perfect at f/2.8? Is it less than $200?
But you\'re right. At the ultra wide end there\'s not so much better IQ as there is same IQ for a lot less money. By the time we hit 35mm however there is both better and cheaper offerings in MF lenses. And that advantage increases linearly with focal length.
The panny 7-14 isn\'t that good! Do some actual stress testing of it. It smears light points around the outer areas of the frame quite badly. It fringes out sometimes too. It\'s a fun cool lens but not really that great.
I dunno the Panasonic 20mm, and the Leica 25mm - so no comment. However I guess the near perfect (on µ4/3) Yashica ML 21 (for $150 to $250) will match or beat them.
The Olympus 45mm gets it\'s ass kicked by a lot of other 45 and 50mm lenses.
I dunno the Leica 45mm macro or Olympus 75mm either but on the later I guess the FD 85/1.2 will blow it away - and a half! Also for actual macros the Leica 45mm ?? Really? Are you sure? Does it do 1:1 ? Is it perfect at f/2.8? Is it less than $200?
But you\'re right. At the ultra wide end there\'s not so much better IQ as there is same IQ for a lot less money. By the time we hit 35mm however there is both better and cheaper offerings in MF lenses. And that advantage increases linearly with focal length.
The panny 7-14 isn\'t that good! Do some actual stress testing of it. It smears light points around the outer areas of the frame quite badly. It\'s a fun cool lens but not really that great.
I dunno the Panasonic 20mm, and the Leica 25mm - so no comment. However I guess the near perfect (on µ4/3) Yashica ML 21 (for $150 to $250) will match or beat them.
The Olympus 45mm gets it\'s ass kicked by a lot of other 45 and 50mm lenses.
I dunno the Leica 45mm macro or Olympus 75mm either but on the later I guess the FD 85/1.2 will blow it away - and a half! Also for actual macros the Leica 45mm ?? Really? Are you sure? Does it do 1:1 ? Is it perfect at f/2.8? Is it less than $200?
But you\'re right. At the ultra wide end there\'s not so much better IQ as there is same IQ for a lot less money. By the time we hit 35mm however there is both better and cheaper offerings in MF lenses. And that advantage increases linearly with focal length.
Aug 11, 2012 at 02:10 PM
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