Moose,
Thanks for the comments. Your old Tessar does, indeed, cut a sharp image.
That is quite impressive.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Moose" <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2008 4:37 AM
Subject: [OM] Re: Oly E-510 With Legacy Lenses
> Jim Nichols wrote:
>> Moose,
>>
>> Thanks for looking, and for your frank comments. I was not surprised that
>> my Zuiko lens provides greater sharpness than the older lenses. After
>> all, design techniques and construction materials have made great strides
>> in the years since they were produced.
> I'm not sure it's generally that simple. Like the Zuiko 50/1.8s, I think
> the Takumars varied in quality over the years. I know the 50/1.4s are
> reputed to have improved up to a legendary series, then declined
> somewhat as costs were cut. Close-up may also not be their strong point.
> My first Zuiko 50/1.8 (#149,xxx) was not the sharpest lens in the box. :-)
>
> Several people here have reported excellent sharpnesss with various OM
> mount Zuikos on 4/3. The only decent screw mount lens I have is a 1950s
> Zeiss Jena 50/2.8 Tessar T from my dad's old Praktica. I got some nice,
> sharp results from it on the smallish sensor 300D. This was taken with
> that combo, and I think the full pixel samples that follow show that the
> 50 year old lens does very well.
> <http://galleries.moosemystic.net/MooseFoto/index.php?gallery=Miscellaneous&image=CRW_0127aii.jpg>
>
> I think it's more than just age of lens design. That 50/1.8 that came
> with my first OM will never be particularly sharp, but the older 50/2
> Nikkor I had before it was sharper then, and still is, if it still exists.
>> What I did appreciate, in some informal portraits that I chose not to
>> post, was that the older lenses are much
>> kinder to older faces, which I often encounter at my age of 78. The
>> Zuiko just provides too much sharpness in such images.
>>
> That makes sense. As much as I feel many things can be done in editing,
> there are certain, subtle, soft effects that come from lens
> characteristics and are at least difficult, likely impossible, to
> achieve any other way. The special lens is a lot less work, too. ;-)
>
> Moose
>
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