Or theoretically its better to sell and unlock the lens liquiadation value
supposedly above $ 400?) and buy better value alternatives i.e. a 35 mm F
2?
Snip
"Someone who does
not own the lens might be better off with another option for less
money. Just my opinion.
--
Winsor Crosby
Long Beach, California
----- Original Message -----
From: Winsor Crosby <wincros@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, November 24, 2001 9:17 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] 40mm f2
> >"The 40mm price has been driven up, I
> >think, because not many were sold originally because of mediocre
> >reviews in the magazines and demand has risen primarily because
> >people apparently want to complete their OM "collections."
>
> robertmeier said,
>
> >Nonsense. The 40 is in demand because it's a very, very good lens that
> >fills a niche the way no other lens can or does -- a compact lens of
ideal
> >focal length for walking about pictures. That's why Leica equipped the
CL
> >with one and that's why Olympus did the same.
> >
>
>
> The following is from Gary's web page:
>
> 35/F2, OM-4 with mirror @and diaphragm prefire (sample 3 - minty)
> Vignetting = B- @ f/2, A- @ f/2.8, A @ f/4
> Distortion = slight barrel
> Aperture Center Corner
> f/2.0 A- C
> f/2.8 A C+
> f/4 A- B-
> f/5.6 A- B
> f/8 A A
> f/11 A- A-
> f/16 B+ B+
> Notes: Moderately high contrast in center and moderately low in corner at
> f/2 and f/2.8; moderately high contrast in center and moderate in corner
> at f/4 and f/5.6; moderately high contrast in corner and center at f/8 to
> f/16.
>
> 40/F2, OM-4T with mirror and diaphragm prefire, different sample from
above
> OM-1 test
> Vignetting = B @ f/2, A- @ f/2.8, A thereafter
> Distortion = none
> Aperture Center Corner
> f/2 C+ C-
> f/2.8 B+ C
> f/4 A- B
> f/5.6 B B+
> f/8 A- A
> f/11 A A
> f/16 A A-
> Notes: Moderately low contrast in center and low contrast in corners at
> f/2; moderate contrast in center and moderately low in corners at f/2.8;
> moderately high contrast in center and moderate contrast in corners at
> f/4; moderately high contrast in center and corners at f/16; high
> contrast in center and corners at f/11; very high contrast in center
> and corners at f/8.
>
> Not a huge difference, but no one ever said the 35/2 is "very, very
> good". It is pretty good, but it appears to be better than the 40mm
> and it is much cheaper, used. The angle of the 40mn is 56 degrees as
> opposed to 63 degrees on the 35mm. I doubt one would notice much
> difference. The 35mm taking the same filter sticks out 18mm or less
> than 3/4 of an inch, not an insurmountable burden for most and
> certainly not making a significant difference in the overall
> camera-lens package in taking walking around pictures. The 28/2 with
> its size similar to the 35, its slightly wider angle, and its superb
> quality is probably the ideal walking around lens.
>
> Comparison with the Leica CL is problematic to me. I was a Leica
> owner when the CL was issued and it was Leica's first venture into a
> cheap consumer oriented "tourist camera" and the design of the system
> had more to do with cost and profit than the best of design. For
> instance, expensive prisms were replaced by inexpensive mirrors in
> the rangefinder which also was made much less accurate by reducing
> the rangefinder base. It did not get a lot of respect at the time. I
> would hope that Oly was rather trying to emulate the compactness of
> their high quality namesake M cameras with their collapsible lenses.
>
> If you have the 40 and like it, fine. All I was saying was the the
> current highly inflated used prices only reflect demand based on
> reasons other than its intrinsic quality as a lens. Someone who does
> not own the lens might be better off with another option for less
> money. Just my opinion.
> --
> Winsor Crosby
> Long Beach, California
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