My apologies. When things don't 'jive', I put on my test engineering
hat and start, well, testing. This also makes me very unpopular at
the few parties to which I'm invited.
Sorry to hear this. The possibility of using OM lenses on a dSLR and
achieving excellent results was intriguing.
Ah, well . . . Thanks!/ScottGee1
On Apr 1, 2005 4:55 PM, Mark Dapoz <md@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Fri, 1 Apr 2005, ScottGee1 wrote:
> >
> > Mark, do you custom WB for the OM lenses? Ideally, WB should be reset
> > every time *any* variable (lens, lighting, filter, etc.) changes.
> > I've noticed obvious differences between my lenses. Anyone know how
> > well the characteristics of the OMs are matched?
>
> Nope, no custom WB, there shouldn't be a need unless the lighting requires it.
> The ZD lenses under the same conditions don't need it.
>
> > I also find myself wondering if your adapter is within tolerance,
> > especially if the OM lenses provide "gorgeous results . . . on Provia
> > F".
>
> I doubt it's the adapter, I have several and they all do the same thing.
>
> > Can you describe what is "missing" in the OM digishots?
>
> Apart from being softer than the ZD's, they seem to be missing an oomph
> that the ZD's have. They lack definition and a 3D look on the E-1. I'm
> sure a lot of it can be fixed in post processing but I'd rather not have
> to do that. Life is too short, I don't have time to do that with every
> photo taken with an OM lens. That's one of the main reasons I liked the
> E-1, it almost always gets the colours dead on with ZD lenses. Given a
> choice I would rather use a ZD lens than on OM lens.
> -mark
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