John Petrush wrote:
>
> C.H.Ling <chling@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >Yes, the f8 mirror lenses is too slow for sport, but the contrast is not
> >necessary low. A test report in Modern Photography 1984 on the Zuiko 500/f8
> >shown the contrast even higher than many mid-range lens. (or they have made
> >something wrong?)
> >
>
> I did not know that and I doubt Oly did anything wrong. If any maker could
> make a 500mm mirror lens perform superbly, it would (of course) be a Zuiko
> :-). Learn something new here every day.
>
> John P
Sorry for the confusion, here I mean whether there are some problem or
different standards used by Modern Photography during their testing. The
contrast of the 500/f8 was shown to be higher than some of the Zuiko
50mm lenses.
C.H.Ling
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