I think we all have to remember that when Olympus was first designing
these lenses, they were seeking compactness beyond what was currently
available. I don't doubt that there were many instances where they
consciously sacrificed image quality a little bit in order to make
serious inroads against size and weight.
Maybe they found they could for example make a lens 30 0ghter and smaller
at the expense of a 5% reduction in resolving power, or with a touch more
chromatic aberration. Now they might not publicly concede such a
trade-off, but lens design IS a study in trade-offs. Olympus found their
niche in smaller size and weight, so other things probably had to give
a little. I'm not sad for it, but glad.
Chip Stratton
cstrat@xxxxxxxxx
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