Oh no, the crummy black MC version - too bad, but someone has to end up with
the dross, eh?
Yes, the Chinese knock-off focal reducer works to my satisfaction - the only
downside I have noticed is that my 35/2.8 T/S lens (not a Zuiko) does
vignette quite heavily when fully shifted, which is something I can live
with. But then I haven't made exhaustive tests, I was interested only in
acceptable focal reduction and reduced depth of field (keeping in mind the
increased effective aperture). Shame that it isn't compatible with the
50/1.2, whereas the Metabones Ultra _is_ to give a 35mm/0.95 :-)
No, there was no joke you missed, except one at my own expense. I mean that
any deterioration in image caused by the focal reducer is likely to be
eclipsed by the ham-fisted and unforgivably slapdash approach of the human
operator. Me! And the question arising was precisely the question answered
above "Is it any good?".
A little gallery, you say? Maybe I can dig some out, stay tuned.
Piers
PS my reference to the price was carefully worded. "Very nearly half the
price" is literally correct, because it was a little _less_ than half the
price of the Metabones. Cheapskate, me? Almost certainly, yes.
-----Original Message-----
From: olympus
[mailto:olympus-bounces+piers.hemy=gmail.com@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
DZDub
Sent: 16 May 2016 17:17
To: Olympus Camera Discussion
Subject: Re: [OM] E-M1 vs E-M5II
On Mon, May 16, 2016 at 10:31 AM, piers@xxxxxxxx <piers.hemy@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> Send me the 85/2, Joel, and it will be my pleasure! That is the one Zuiko
I
> never got to have, and I sold my 100/2.8 last year (as well as the 180/2.8
> and 300/4.5, all to the same buyer!)
>
Alas, I would send it, Piers, of course I would, you know I would, but
you'd probably have to have the SC silvernose version which Gary tested as
focusing sharper at f2 and 2.8 than the crummy MC/black version I have.
> I took a look at the specifications, and reckon that a 50/1.4 is a
> reasonable stand in, especially if set to minimum focus. So here they be:
> http://www.hemy.me.uk/Miscellany/P1150343.JPG
> http://www.hemy.me.uk/Miscellany/P1150344.JPG
> http://www.hemy.me.uk/Miscellany/P1150345.JPG
Yes, that's close enough for jazz. It looks rather schnozzy but quite
nice. I am intrigued.
> You will notice that I did not invest in the real thing, a Metabones
> adapter for the simple reason that they were not available for EOS to FX,
> and I specifically wanted to go that route to maximise the options
> available to me (not that I have ever had a single C@non lens). So the
> Zhongyi it had to be, despite it being very nearly half the price of the
> Metabones EOS to OM.
>
I guess the real question is whether the thing works up to your
expectations. I don't suppose you have a little gallery somewhere, do you?
>
> Piers
>
> PS I have already taken a guess at the follow up question, and refer you
to
> my " anthropogenesis" response to Chuck the other day.
>
Which I'm sorry I skipped, having already puzzled it out from the meaning
of the Greek, and find no questions arising from ashes thereof. Was I
naive and missed a joke?
Joel W.
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