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Panasonic 35-100 f2.8 over Olympus 40-150 f2.8?

Started Dec 16, 2015 | Discussions thread
Chippy99 Senior Member • Posts: 2,182
Re: I disagree....
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Isabel Cutler wrote:

Chippy99 wrote:

The Panasonic is a great lens, but do be aware that at the very long end and at f/2.8, it is a bit soft. It's about the only flaw the lens has, but you should be aware of it. If you are planning on using the lens under those conditions, and you are wavering between the Panasonic and Olympus glass, you'd definitely be better off with the Olympus.

It's sharp enough for me. I love this lens.

It think with it's shallower depth of field it's easy to confuse out-of-focus areas as a flaw when using f/2.8.

True. But it is still soft at 100mm f/2.8 I have tested it extensively and thought at first it was faulty, but the more perceptive reviewers pick up this flaw too.

f/3.5 sharpens it up considerably, and by f/4 it's perfect. And it is perfect at all apertures at shorter focal lengths.

I am 99% certain it is simply spherical aberration coming into effect when all the glass is needed at the long end. No other focal length nor aperture combination uses the extreme edges of the glass.

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