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Olympus Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 ED

Examples (Field Curvature)

Olympus OM-D E-M5 with Olympus Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 ED.

These examples serve to confirm and supplement the more extensive field curvature Building Scaffolding example.

Building and condos

Bitingly awesomely sharp at center up to and including color aliasing on the wires, the sharpness drops off the edges and corners due to field curvature— the lens delivers sharpness at lower right (where it ought not to be) and blur at upper right (where it ought to be).

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f/5.6 @ 1/400 sec handheld, ISO 200, tonal curve to add contrast
Olympus OM-D E-M5 + Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 ED

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