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RE: [OM] 50mm/55mm/500mm Lens questions

Subject: RE: [OM] 50mm/55mm/500mm Lens questions
From: Frank Berryman <FAB@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 11:03:21 -0500
I am a little slow on the uptake this morning.  Is a f1.2 lens one stop
faster that a f1.4 lens?  

-----Original Message-----
From: Dirk Wright [mailto:wright@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2000 4:15 AM
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [OM] 50mm/55mm/500mm Lens questions


> Now I found
>an 1.2/55 lens, faster but heavier - that should not the point for me.
>After reading Gary's marvelous lens test once again
>I think they are comparable in picture quality. Am I right
>or does daily work suggests some difference ? 

No. The 55/1.2 is much softer in the corners at all apertures than the 50/
1.4.

-- 
Be Seeing You.
Dirk Wright
"Let me assure you that to us here at First National, you're not just a
number.  You're two numbers, a dash, three more numbers, another dash
and another number."
                -- James Estes


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