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testing my lenses part 124 - Vivitar 35-85mm/2.8 S1
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Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2014 9:10 pm
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my copy of the lens has damaged inner glass from fungus, so i was hesitant to test it, but when i did it surprised me that it didn't influence the samples too much, little loss of contrast (part of it can be attributed to cloudy day when i took the samples), maybe little loss of sharpness. but if my copy with fungus problem can produce decent samples, clean copy of the lens can give even better results

samples taken with Olympus E-M5













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Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2014 9:16 pm
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I am impressed by your amount of "testing my lenses" parts! Very Happy
It seems like you can get decent pictures out of every lens!

Give this man a bottle of Coke, and we will still get decent shots from it! Laughing

Love the cute dog...


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Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2014 9:32 pm
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Nordentro wrote:
I am impressed by your amount of "testing my lenses" parts! Very Happy
It seems like you can get decent pictures out of every lens!

Give this man a bottle of Coke, and we will still get decent shots from it! Laughing


LOL Thank you

as i acquire new lens i test it, so lot of lenses, lot of "testing" threads


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Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2014 10:36 pm
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The copy I had was a real stinker. Soft, flat IQ and with horrendous zoom creep. Glad to see your results are better than mine even with its imperfections. I do like most of the S1 line.
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