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Re: [OM] (OM) Small apertures and digital lenses

Subject: Re: [OM] (OM) Small apertures and digital lenses
From: Rick Beckrich <rbeckrich@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2011 21:44:23 -0400
I would suggest the "p" word for el moose is poet.

On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 7:04 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> Ah, Moose the philosopher!  I suspect you are correct on all points.
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Moose" <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2011 5:54 PM
> Subject: Re: [OM] (OM) Small apertures and digital lenses
>
>
> > On 9/11/2011 9:10 AM, Jim Nichols wrote:
> >> Brian,
> >>
> >> Playing the devil's advocate, is it possible the f/22 lens setting
> forced
> >> the E-3 shutter to slow down enough that un-noticed camera motion caused
> >> the
> >> softness?
> >
> > You may advocate for the Devil all you want - it's gonna be soft at f22.
> >
> > I tested the 135/4.5 on film, on a sturdy tripod. The sort of
> calculations
> > Chuck so generously provides are useful, but
> > sometimes I just want to see in person.
> >
> > F16 was pretty good, at f22, I could see softening at the place of focus,
> > but the trade-off for more sharpness through
> > DOF in my highly 3D subject wasn't bad. F32 was just soft, no way around
> > it. I haven't used f32 since.
> >
> > The rough 4/3s equivalents for the above would be f16=>f8, f22 = f11 and
> > f32 = f16. So at f22, Brian had gone beyond the
> > f32 on FF film that I found unacceptably soft, to the eq. of f44 on film.
> >
> > But, soft! how light through yonder lens breaks.
> >
> > ... we see through a glass, softly.
> >
> > Through such small aperture
> > My sensor loses its resolution
> > And wanders purposeless
> > Through fields of dreamlike
> > Light and shadow
> >
> > F64 Moose
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