I got back from a three week holiday in China a few days ago and have got
the prints back from the developers and have begun to scan them using a
minolta dual scan IV.
I am happy with the shoots from the olympus 28mm F2.8 and 24mm F2.8
(temples, rooms of famous writers and large statues) most of which where
taken on a tripod with exposures of up to 8 seconds. (om4ti appature and
mirror prefire is great in these situations) but the photos from the
olympus 35-70 F4 show considerable lens flare (blue circles and hexagons)
and a lot of barrel distortion at 35mm. They also lack the shapness and
detail of the 28 and 24mm. All the photos where taken at F11 or F8 - I
deliberately went for these appatures and used a tripod rather than go for
wider appatures and hand hold. I find a zoom 35-70 to be very useful for
life size statues, small buildings, trees etc but am not happy with the
flare or the general shapness of the lens even on a tripod at F8 or F11 at
F4 the lens has very little contrast and is not realy usable.
Can the list members recommend a better quality zoom lens with less flare
(not 35-80 ed - I can't afford it) of a simular range to replace this lens
with? or should I simply buy a 35mm F2.8 and take a 50mm and my Tamron
90mm F2.5SP next time I go? but this stratergy would leave me with a gap
from 50mm to 90mm
Thanks for reading this and for any advice
James
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