Good to see you are enjoying the Zuiko 85/f2 Nathan, my favourite lens for
portraiture on 35mm.
It's definitely a 'keeper'.
...Wayne
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> From: olympus <olympus-
> bounces+wayne.harridge=structuregraphs.com@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> On
> Behalf Of Nathan Wajsman
> Sent: Sunday, 7 August 2022 5:29 AM
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> Subject: [OM] Nathan's PAD 5/8/2022: testing my new Fotodiox adapter
>
> One of the reasons I recently bought into the Olympus OM system was
> because of the reputation of the lenses. I have a 28mm, 50mm, 85mm and
> 35-70mm Zuiko lenses now. I very much like the results I see on film, but
I
> also wanted to try those lenses on my Fuji X cameras. So I just got a
Fotodiox
> adapter to do just that. I was especially interested in trying the f2/85mm
on
> the Fuji, and I was not disappointed. My percentage of accurate focus was
> 100%, and I am really pleased with these results. Here are 3 samples, to
> which no further sharpening or other unnatural acts have been applied.
>
> The Magic Cactus:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-32vjm8x/A
> <https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-32vjm8x/A>
>
> In my garden (I focused on the edge of the leaf in the foreground):
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-KGptc9t/A
> <https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-KGptc9t/A>
>
> My daughter, a bit worn out after a flight from New York to Madrid
followed
> by a 4-hour drive from Madrid to Alicante:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-zp2cHsf/A
> <https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-zp2cHsf/A>
>
> I know this is a bit sacrilegious, but this 85mm Zuiko lens is fully on
par with
> any Leica lens in that type of focal length that I have ever used. Please
do not
> start a religious war, my camera bag is a broad tent.
>
> Cheers,
> Nathan
>
> Nathan Wajsman
> photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
> http://www.greatpix.eu
> http://www.frozenlight.eu
>
> YNWA
>
>
>
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