Hi,
On my saga of the purchase of a 50mm f1.4 lens over a 1,000,000 serial number.
As I mentioned, the serial number of the 2nd 50 f1.4 lens I won on ebay was
1,080,540 where the seller told me the multicoat reflections were
rose-pinkish, not the newer green reflections as I had hoped. It was then
pointed out that the newer lenses came out slightly past 1,000,000.
Well, I just got the lens here, and it DOES have the expected green
reflections, similar to my 100mm f2.8, 50mm f1.8, & 28mm f2.8. So he was
wrong, fortunately for me.
These reflections are, of course, different than the OTHER 50mm f1.4
multicoated lens that I got off ebay with a serial# of 85x,xxx, where the
reflections ARE rose-pinkish.
Anyway.....,
Larry
Richard Schaetzl wrote:
> Gary Reese wrote:
>
> > Makes me wonder how the
> > 35-80mm f/2.8 Zuiko could have only got a 3.6 rating?
>
> I always wondered how someone could be so bold to describe a lens with
> a single number.
>
> > Another possibility is that I was careful to compensate
> > for what seemed greater than normal curvature of field in this lens
> > design. At the no offset setting, the corners appeared to be focusing at
> > a different distance than the center. I chose an intermediate distance
> > on the lens focusing scale. Note the word "appeared."
>
> It does not only apear to have curvature of field, it has a lot of it at
> close distance!
>
> But so what? At infinty, there is no curvature of field (logical, and
> yes I tested it). Buildings are always at infinty with this lens. So
> when using it for its intended purpose, no problem arises. Purpose is
> photographing, things bigger than oneself, without perspective distorsion.
> So for macro, like coping of maps or so, one might use an macro lens.
>
> Regards
>
> Richard
>
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