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Oly 75mm and Zeiss 135mm f/2.8 on OM-D5...initial take

Started Apr 23, 2013 | Discussions thread
David Kieltyka
OP David Kieltyka Veteran Member • Posts: 6,450
Agreed.

LincolnB wrote:

The Ziess seems to have quite a bit of purple fringing at f/2.8

Yep, it's there. Stopping down pretty much kills it, though.

It would be interesting to see the two at the same equivalent field of view, i.e. taken from different spots with the 75mm almost twice as close.

My strong suspicion is that the Oly would kick its butt.    I was motivated to do this particular comparison after reading another thread here, where the original poster used the Oly and then did a significant amount of cropping to get the final image. The thread seems to have got sidetracked, but I think the poster's approach has merit. The 75 is one of the best lenses I've ever owned. I've been nothing but seriously impressed with it from day one.

-Dave-

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