Doris Fang wrote:
>> close-up accessory lens [...] isn't going to be perfectly flat-
>> fielded, but it does unbelievably well, and as Doris says, there is
>> no significant light-loss.
>
>I hear the Leitz versions (supposedly near-exact to the Minolta) are
>much better than the Nikons. Plus, they can be used with nearly every
>lens, even zooms.
As it turns out, M*nolta made several of Leitz's lenses. Recently,
I had a brief tryst (aka "an inappropriate relationship that was wrong,
very wrong" :-)) with some manual focus M*nolta equipment. I was
particularly impressed with the 16/f2.8 MD fisheye lens, as well as
with the 70-210/f4 MD zoom.
Later on, I found out that both these lenses were also made by Minolta
for Leitz's R-series lens lineup: different names and cosmetics, but
basically the same item, and in the case of the fisheye -- almost
identical appearance. Of course, the Leitz-labelled lenses sell for
5 times as much... ;-)
Anyway, back to M*nolta close-up lenses. If they were also made for
Leitz, then I assume their quality is very high. M*nolta lenses use
49mm and 55mm accessories, so its close-up lenses should be a good
fit for the Zuikos.
However, I would experiment first with the two OLY close-up lenses.
In my experience, both work very well with all std. Zuiko lenses.
Did anyone try them with the two 50mm macro Zuikos? Pls report.
Cheers,
/Gary Schloss.
Studio City, CA
schloss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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