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Tikkis
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I would advise you to stay clear of OM 35 mm. lenses, because their performance in m43 is less than spectacular (Been there, done that). I also suspect that the 35 mm Noktons may perform lamely with m43 bodies. I had great hopes for famous 35 mm Summicron-M, but I faced darkening and smearing in the picture corners. So the Summicron wasn't a real option.
The only rangefinder type of 35 mm lens thats been tried and found excellent is Contax G Planar 2/35 mm.
If that is not a satisfactory choice, I urge you to consider only the highest quality SLR-type wideangles.
Best Regards,
Tikkis,
Helsinki
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Wesson
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Your very brave. I wanted to say this in my first post but didn't dare.
The " Bentley" pictures I posted demonstrate that the 14-45mm is better than the Nikkor F2 35mm. Yes the Nikkor is faster which is why I upped the ISO to match. Yes none of them are Razor sharp but as I pointed out these are Jpeg files with no PP apart from re-sizing. I thought posting them in this form provided a level playing field.
Thes are two examples of the 14-45mm @f8. Bit of a lens torture at this distance, quite a test for a budget lens IMHO.
Corner crop from the same file.
And re the earlier colour Querry. My main hobby is stamp collecting where accuracy of colour can make thousands of pounds difference to the value. I used to use a calibrated Epson 4990, now happily use the GF1 on standard settings here an example of " Shades"
Also clearly shows how the printer ink has "bled" into the paper.
The " Bentley" pictures I posted demonstrate that the 14-45mm is better than the Nikkor F2 35mm. Yes the Nikkor is faster which is why I upped the ISO to match. Yes none of them are Razor sharp but as I pointed out these are Jpeg files with no PP apart from re-sizing. I thought posting them in this form provided a level playing field.
Thes are two examples of the 14-45mm @f8. Bit of a lens torture at this distance, quite a test for a budget lens IMHO.
Corner crop from the same file.
And re the earlier colour Querry. My main hobby is stamp collecting where accuracy of colour can make thousands of pounds difference to the value. I used to use a calibrated Epson 4990, now happily use the GF1 on standard settings here an example of " Shades"
Also clearly shows how the printer ink has "bled" into the paper.
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Abbazz
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Thank you for the kind words but, unfortunately, I am not responsible for these outstanding pictures. They were made by a gentleman named Aleksandr Matveev and I understand he is using a canon EOS 5D.
Cheers!
Abbazz