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Old 3rd December 2020, 01:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Martin Aislabie View Post

In the late 70's/very early 80's, AP or some such published a series of back to back lens tests on various manufacturers lenses at specific (common) focal lengths and the OM 28 f/3.5 came out as the winner by a country mile against the Cannon, Nikon and Pentax offerings.

The OM 28 f/3.5 they tested was reported to resolve about 120 l/mm compared to the others who were in the 70s~80s ball park.

Martin
I'm not surprised to hear that it beat a Pentax 28. I owned the SMC-M 28/2.8 for a time and it was one of the most boring lenses I have ever owned. Not bad resolution, but the images had no depth, no life. I sold it and now use a Tokina RMC II 24/2.8, which is actually quite good. In the past I never gave much cred to third party lenses, until recently when I started experimenting with a few, and am finding out that there are some good ones out there (but a lot of cheap duds, too).
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