As usual, Gary keeps me honest. Thanks for the clarification.
I thought I had remembered another test of the 50/2 in addition to the one
you mention, but my memory may fail me there.
Skip
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From: Gary Reese <pcacala@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: Re: [OM] 50mm 2.0 macro lens
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 22:39:23 -0700
Skip W. writes:
<< I don't have a quantitative evaluation, but the Zuiko 50/2 was tested
by one of the big US magazines a few years back and the comments were
something to the effect that it was the sharpest 50mm lens they had ever
tested, besting even the vaunted Leica 50/2 Dual-Range Summicron. >>
No USA-based photo magazine has discussed the 50mm f/2 Macro Zuiko for a
long time, with the exception of Michael Johnson in Photo Techniques,
about 1 1/2 years back. I did the quantitative comparison for him and
it was between my 50mm f/2 and a borrowed Leitz 50mm f/2 Summicron-M,
Mandler design. I presume that in writing the article, Michael combined
his subjective opinion in using both, along with my data, which he cited
in that article.
Gary Reese
Las Vegas, NV
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