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Subject: [OM] Re: 180/2 for macro?!
From: "Wilcox, Joel F" <joel-wilcox@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2004 23:08:17 -0500
> -----Original Message-----
> on 27/07/2004 14:49, Wilcox, Joel F at joel-wilcox@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> > I'm quite sure I was searching for a substitute for the 
> long-awaited,
> > frustrated Zuiko 200 macro.  Watch out for zignetting at 
> the long end.
> Hi Joel,
> 
> I'm watching at this very moment the first test I run on Provia 100F,
> comparing the 200/4 and the 85~250 @ 200mm, coupled to the 
> 65~116 @ 65mm,
> stopped down both at f11, using a t-32. Picture is of a box 
> of colored glass
> little balls children play with (don't know how they're named 
> in English).
> No differences nor even on color rendition, when projected on a silver
> plated screen using a Kodak Carousel at a quite respectable size. No
> vignetting of course.
> Nxt test will be w/tube at 116mm - when I get an OM2 body again.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Fernando.

Well, more power to you!

Did you extend the hood?  I probably did.  I wonder if that had anything
to do with it my vignetting?

Joel W.
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