I can't agree on the test method, F16 is not a good aperture for comparison,
as with many small format lenses, they perform better at wide aperture, just
like the E-10 lens it perform the best at around F4.5. I have not check the
E-1 14-54 but I believe it will be around F5.6-8. For the different in color
balance, I think it was due to the warmer tone of older Zuikos.
For the performance of 14-54, I had performed a test last month, here is the
results of 11-22 at 14mm and 14-54 at 14mm:
http://www.accura.com.hk/P3139738.jpg (11-22)
http://www.accura.com.hk/P3139742.jpg (14-54)
Exif information can be found inside the files. Both lenses at F3.5, manual
focus, camera tripod mounted, indoor fluorescence light. RAW, converted
with Olympus Viewer, WB 4300K, sharpness -5, The different in color
balance and exposure could be due to ambient light effect. Next time I will
use flash to test them again.
In my experience the 14-54 is quite good in all focal length, the problem
may be due to focusing error. The weakest point of Olympus DSLR is focusing,
mainly at the wide end. I had lots of trouble with E-10 and also sometimes
with the E-1 indoor shot. After firmware upgrade to 1.4 it seems better but
has to perform some field test to find it out.
C.H.Ling
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Dapoz" <md@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> On Sat, 9 Apr 2005, Joel Wilcox wrote:
>>
>> I can't compare primes to primes, but I can compare the 14-54 ZD with my
>> 50/3.5. The quick report is that the 50/3.5 works great and I thought
>> surpassed the 14-54, though the zoom is certainly amazing in close
>> quarters.
>
> Great comparison, thanks! The 14-54 probably isn't the best choice of
> lens
> to check resolution, I find it to be rather poor actually. It's not bad
> on
> the telephoto end, but the wide end is horribly soft. I've heard that the
> cheaper E-300 kit lens performs better!
>
> One thing your test did indrectly do is confirm the difference in colour
> balance I've seen between the ZD and OM lenses. I took your samples and
> added quite a bit of yellow and some magenta to the ZD shot. Here's the
> resulting comparision: http://olympus.dementia.org/E-1/ZDvsZ.jpg In this
> case I rather like the yellowish colour balance better, but in many other
> cases you really need to be aware of it when using the OM lenses.
> -mark
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