At 21:23 6/27/01, Chris Carroll wrote:
I'm a new list member, finally forced to turn here for support because my
wife is no longer supportive, or even civil, about my growing Olympus
arsenal. Don't know if it's the money, the space the gear takes up or the
time I spend polishing it. Probably one of the the latter reasons,
considering I haven't yet blown all the proceeds from the EOS system I've
mostly sold off over the past year (if anyone is curious why, I'm trying
to strengthen my photographic skills and unlearn my pointographic ills.)
But there is a possibility I could clear out a little space if anyone is
ever looking to unload a nice, but not too-nice, Zuiko 28/2 ...
There is help for this:
http://www.nucleus.com/~coneill/mypictures/zuikoholism/
My question concerns the Spiratone 20/2.8. I have been offered a mint
example for under $100. The archives of this list contain some general
praise for its performance, but I am particularly interested in its
distortion characteristics. Compared to other lenses in this range, are
straight lines kpt reasonably straight?
Cannot help you with the Spiratone. Can tell you the 18mm f/3.5 Zuiko is
marvelous in this respect; _very_ rectilinear but much more expensive. One
way to check it out is to ask to put it on your camera body to shoot a few
frames with it. Look for subject material with many rectilinear lines in
it (urban/suburban architectural stuff is great for this) and see what you get.
-- John
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