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10-05-2019, 06:28 AM
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Awesome lens it seems. I've had my eyes on this lens for some time.
Will you keep it in your bag?
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It's a rental lens ...
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"And if you need something like a 85mm f/1.2 or f/1.4 on a mirrorless full-format camera"
Why would you need a 85mm f1.2 or f1.4? This lens is after all a ~ 90mm f2.4 FF equivalent, so for instance a Tamron 85mm f1.8 VC USD would do what this does (or a Tamron 90mm f2.8 Macro almost). Or is "mirrorless" your secret point here?
Anyway, not at all bad for a 90mm f2.4 FF equivalent lens, with a reasonable weight, and nice rendering to boot. Nicer than the Nikkor Z 85mm f1.8 S at close focus, for sure. And certainly a lot nicer than my Canon FL 55mm f1.2 and Nikkor-S•C 55mm f1.2 that I'd use on APS-C to get the same FOV and (closed down) same DOF.
The Fuji 56mm f1.2 R is weighs less and is smaller than this Oly, and appears to be the only current APS-C competitor. That lens is faster (here come the equivalence flamers), but (according to Klaus' results) a bit less sharp in the borders.
Nice job, Olympus.
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If you are interested in a fast lens for MFT, anything DSLR-like is a bit out of question really ...
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When did you start skipping the LoCA test on fast lenses ? Doesn't this lens have quite a bit of LoCA ? Should 5/5 lenses be APO - like the zeiss otus ?
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10-06-2019, 08:44 AM
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I just added the LoCA samples (but I don't always provide this - and I rarely did so for MFT lenses).
Zero LoCAs aren't REQUIRED for 5/5. There's no such thing as absolute perfection. Mostly the rating is driven by the MTFs and this combined with the quality of the bokeh is certainly sufficient for a 5-star rating.
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