Gary, not to disagree with your perfectly valid observations about the 24/2
from a purely technical (and aesthetic) standpoint, but to a photojournalist
piffling concerns about vignetting, softness, etc., are secondary to speed
when your images are gonna be halftoned anyway. That's probably the main
reason Olympus figured there was room for both the 24/2 and 24/2.8 in the
line up.
Lex
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From: Gary Reese <pcacala@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [OM] many thanks ...
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 03:19:06 -0700
I continue to say you are getting nothing additional for that f/2
maximum aperture. Lenses which are a C+ grade or worse wide open result
in not being sure of the correct focus through the viewfinder, even with
a 2-4 screen on a OM-4T. The vignetting (light fall-off) at f/2 is
disgusting to my eye - an absolutely unacceptable image.
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