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Re: [OM] Laser Tests on Various Lenses

Subject: Re: [OM] Laser Tests on Various Lenses
From: Joel Wilcox <jowilcox@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 04 Jun 1999 09:13:36 -0500
At 03:04 AM 6/4/99 EDT, you wrote:
>Joel writes:
>
>> If you change your mind, Gary, my OM-1 is still available. :)
>
>OK, Joel, let's do it.  My hunch is that your CLA'ed OM-1 won't be much 
>different in vibration than any of the OM-1's I've used in testing.  But we 
>shall see.  Thanks to List members, I have the film.
>
>Gary Reese
>Las Vegas, NV
>

Hi Gary,

I think this is a good idea, especially as my first batch of slides,
testing the best and worst lenses based on laser wiggles, show virtually no
difference between the OM-2S and OM-1!  According Mr. Laser, the 50/3.5
macro looked to have terrible bucking on the OM-1, but the slides at 1/30
to 1/2 sec are incredibly sharp.  Furthermore, MLU and mirror/aperture
prefire did not produce discernably sharper results than using a cable
release.  My eyes are quite good, but I simply may not have the means or
the loupe power to make the kind of distinctions that you are using in your
tests.  On the other hand, I can't dislike what I am seeing either!

I'll work up a post on this with greater explanation of what I did for
everybody, and work out the details for getting my camera to you off-list.


Joel Wilcox
Iowa City, Iowa USA

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