Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/02/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 02:45 24/02/99 +0100, Guido wrote : >I'm also on the olympus list and I've recived this message any comments about this: > > > >:Last month I bought an OM 4T body along with 28mm/f2.8, 50mm/f1.4,50mm/f1.8, 50mm/f3.5 [macro], and 100mm/f2.8 lenses. They were all second hand from an established camera dealer [which also happens to be an official outlet for Leica, Nikon, and Hasselblad] so I felt comfortable that I was dealing with a legitimate and reputable source of supply.I have been using a Leica M3 since 1965 and am M5 since 1987 along with 35mm, 50mm, 90mm, and 135mm Leitz lenses so know all about sharp and brilliant prints and slides.I have shot reels of Agfa Optima 100 ISO, Fuji Reala 100 ISO, and Kodak Portra VC 160 ISO through my OM 4T at a tropical plant conservatory in Vancouver using only available light coming through the domed glass roof. The outside weather ranged from bright sunlight in almost clear blue skies to cloud and overcast skies. The films were all processed at the same place. I have the following observations: 1. The sharpness and brilliance of the photos at all points on the prints using all fives lenses at varying speeds and apertures was not one iota less than I would have expected from my Leitz lenses. There is absolutely no lack of the depth or 3D effect in these Olympus photos and based on this three film sample of experience I have to say that I can not imagine any more superior performance from anywhere else. 5. I am *absolutely* sold on my Olympus equipment [the results are every bit as good as those from the stuff made in Wetzlar or whereever!] as well as VC 160 film for flowers and foliage in conditions like those I experienced last week. Let's hear it for Olympus. ############# I read some months ago in my newspaper <italic>Le Monde</italic>, the most serious and respectable newspaper in France, an article on individuals who are paid by companies in order to be "black" or "white knight" on the web.It is a new form of economic war using disinformation. By repeating and commenting these messages, we are innocent accomplices of these manipulations. Dominique Pellissier > > > >thanks in advance > Guido Ridoli > LEICA M SUPERFAN > guirid@numerica.it > > >