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Re: [OM] Portrait lens

Subject: Re: [OM] Portrait lens
From: fischerchristian <fischerchristian@xxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2002 21:43:30 +0100
How can a zoom lens be sharper than fix focal lens ?
Happy Christmas time for all. 
Christian
Le ven, 20 déc 2002, vous avez écrit :
> Or you could get a Tamron 80-200/2.8.  It's actually sharper than 
> either the 100/2.8 or the 85/2, and you can zoom it to either 
> focal length, or anywhere in between, or shorter, or longer.
> 
> Oh, and by the way, it has a nine-blade diaphragm.  Must be 
> another bokeh thing.  :-)
> 
> Happy holidays.
>  
> Walt

> ---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
> From: Andrew Gullen <andrew.gullen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date:  Fri, 20 Dec 2002 13:52:06 -0500
> 
> >Christian -
> >
> >My two cents worth: my 100/2.8 is amazingly sharp, with 
> beautiful contrast
> >and clarity. I haven't tried the 85/2, but it's hard for me to 
> believe it
> >could be better.
> > - The 85/2 has the advantage of 8 blades vs 6 for the 100/2.8,
> >   so it will do soft backgrounds better.
> > - The 100/2.8 will have slightly flatter perspective, which is 
> often
> >   more flattering (esp. if the subject has a big nose).
> >
> >Regards,
> >Andrew Gullen
> >
> >> Re: [OM] Portrait lens
> >> I think I will wait to "catch" a 85/2 following your advices.
> >
> >

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