Do you think Olympus 75mm F1.8 is sharp wide open?

micksh6 wrote:

Erik00 wrote:

If it isn´t sharp enough for you, you might have a problem. Hope you are satisfied.

Let's forget about my problems for a moment. And, Nikko aus London, I wonder how you figured out what conclusions I made. And that my conclusions are already incorrect. This doesn't help my self-assertion as a photographer in any way.

I may have a problem being a little indecisive. Sometimes I take photos that I like but my wife hates them. My friends love some of my photos, but they won't tell a thing about another ones.
But this is not what this thread is about.
So, I asked a question to wider audience - if the photos look sharp. That's a simple question, isn't it?

How did I figure out your conclusions, Mick?  Perhaps it's to do with how you phrased your questions: "Is it sharp wide open?" in the post title and "Is it sharp enough?" in the body of your post.  I'm no Einstein but I drew the same conclusion as other respondents which is that you have some concerns about the relative sharpness of this lens.  That's a fair assumption, no?

That being the case, and because of the experience I have in owning one, I thought I would try to assuage your angst by pointing out that, wide open, this lens has a very narrow depth of field measured in a few cm.  When shooting it wide open, one might incorrectly conclude that the lens is not sharp because areas adjacent to the critically-sharp focus point appear less sharp as a consequence of narrow DOF.

Does that clear up the matter of: (a) how I came to make the assumptions I did; and (b) how I thought I would try to help your understanding?  My style may be sparse at times but never malicious.

Nikko