The Zuiko-G f/1.7 is legend for it's sharpness.
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One solution is to use a shade, which, as you know, is tricky for a RF because you see part of it in the viewfinder. And with an effective tulip hood (made out of plastic Pentax 85/2 hood for example) the camera become about twice as noticeable... Maybe a smaller hood like the old Konica ones (not much wider than the filter ring) could help and keep up with this machine's style.What's the coating problem? Ghosting, loss of light, flaring? keith
I only tried this lens one (with Kodachrome 64) and it is... as crisp as a fresh Melba toast. X-acto comes to mind also.
Its spot metering is usefull if one remembers the different reflectance of some colors.
Andre
Mike Johnston wrote:> Then there's always the Olympus 35 SP rangefinder, with the Zuiko-G > 1.7 lens, widely considered the 'poor man's Leica,' because of it's > great optical performance.> It may be a "great lens," but the coatings on it are so poor it's almostuseless IMHO. I'll take a Canon QL-17 GIII any day (and, in fact, did). Best coatings, by rank: Pentax & Zeiss Leica Canon Nikon Olympus (*sucked* until about 1988, when it caught up to C/N) --Mike
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