Excellent landscape work Mike !
Love the arch and peaks, also the padded snowy mountains.
Saw that RV in trouble too. Is that Flair I can read on the back of the body?
Anticipated humor I presume.
Keep the good work coming
Amities
Philippe
> Le 18 oct. 2020 à 00:05, Mike Gordon via olympus <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> a écrit :
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> Major kudos to His Mooseness for performing the experiment!! Perhaps he
> should cross post on the alt lens forum on FM where many of the c/y lens
> users live.
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> I think the subject perhaps should have been larger and more items at
> intermediate distance to enhance the 3D effect. Mid apertures at
> mid-distances seem to be key, which was done. The lens has a significant
> amount of field curvature which seems to be a plus for the 3D effect as it
> can be negated by aspheric elements with flat field.
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> In any event the lens clearly has more microcontrast and is a competent
> landscape lens today even on high megapickel sensors. The macro mode on it
> is convenient but not the main attraction of the lens.
> I first purchased it with my OM 5DII and it obliterated the "L" Canyon 24-105
> for landscapes. I think one can PP many of its qualities in but it is usually
> superior to have them intrinsic to the lens.
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> https://www.olyendomike.com/Travel/Utah-2013/i-Ms9C2RN/A
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> A few decent images from the c/y 35-70 in this thread:
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> https://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/1551957
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> I think it is less compelling to purchase the lens in 2020, but it remains no
> slouch. Fred on FM posted comprehensive crops comparing it to the GM 24-70
> and it held its own with Greater microcontrast at mid apertures and
> for reasons unclear to me seemed to suffer less diffraction softening at
> F11. A remarkable performance for a lens of its vintage. The MTF at 35mm is
> slightly less stellar, but good enough for most purposes and the
> micro-contrast and nice rendering remain.
>
> May the IG continue to inspect, Mike
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