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Re: [OM] Seriously, who needs a Noctilux?

Subject: Re: [OM] Seriously, who needs a Noctilux?
From: Bob Whitmire <bwhitmire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2012 07:15:12 -0400
Nice work. I like "What's Keeping Her?" and the cat best. Just a subjective 
opinion based on how they hit me.

--Bob


On Apr 9, 2012, at 5:50 PM, Dawid Loubser wrote:

> Alright, I might be exaggerating. I recently replaced my 50/1.4 (>1.1m  
> serial) - which I donated to my younger brother - with a *new*,  
> manufactured in 2002, OM Zuiko 50mm f/1.2. I am seriously wowed by  
> this lens, and its character. It is so incredibly compact (not much  
> larger than a 50/1.4). You can see this was "top of the line",  
> reputation-building stuff. Again, wow.
> 
> I'm not trawling for a Moose full bokeh analysis, I just want to share  
> with you guys some recent images showing what this lens can do:
> 
> Skyward Pots
> http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2012/100/1/8/skyward_pots_by_philosomatographer-d4vppky.jpg
> 
> Receding Tables
> http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2012/100/0/7/receding_tables_by_philosomatographer-d4vpnqt.jpg
> 
> Neighborgoods Market Alley
> http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2012/100/a/c/neighborgoods_market_alley_by_philosomatographer-d4vppa0.jpg
> 
> What's keeping her?
> http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2012/100/4/f/what__s_keeping_her__by_philosomatographer-d4vpek4.jpg
> 
> Lord of fake mice
> http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2012/100/a/6/lord_of_fake_mice_by_philosomatographer-d4vpmz0.jpg
> 
> The off-axis aberrations even at f/1.2 are kept seriously under  
> control for the purposes of making nice analogue prints (no digital  
> pixel-peeping here). This is one *very* good lens. As good as Canon's  
> 50mm f/1.2L? No (I should hope not). But close. And so much smaller  
> and nicer-feeling.
> 
> 
> Ah, as a bonus, during the same outing that I made most of the  
> pictures above, I could not resist this charismatic scene:
> 
> http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2012/100/f/0/peddling_goods_by_philosomatographer-d4vpest.jpg
> (taken at 21mm)

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