See the MF lens test page at
http://www.hevanet.com/cperez/MF_testing.html
MF lenses are as good as 35, and with 4x as much film, the image can
really snap. Even more important, big smooth areas like sky stay
smooth.
tOM
On Friday, November 22, 2002 at 19:32
Richard F. Man <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> At 01:31 PM 11/23/2002 +1100, you wrote:
> >
> > > Just in time, I am renting a Mamiya 7II over the weekend to
> > > get a feel. One
> > > question though, the lines per mm is often in the 30s and
> > > sometimes even in
> > > the 20s, yet the lens are suppose to be excellent. If we look
> > > at the tests
> > > for the Zuikos, they are often at 40s and up.
> > >
> > > Does this mean anything? Are MF lens less critical because
> > > the format is so
> > > much larger?
> > >
> > > p.s. any recommendation for a MF print film?
> > >
> >
> >You might do better to use a transparency film if you really want to
> >assess the performance, something like E100VS or Velvia. If the
> >exposure is out by a few stops you might not even notice this on neg
> >film unless you have a known good film of the same type to do a direct
> >comparison.
> >
> >...Wayne
>
> My goal is to see how much better going to MF would get me. Normally I only
> shoot 35mm slide and scan them in, but a) I don't have a MF projector, and
> b) I don't have a MF scanner so I thought I would just print them out.
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