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The Coming Oly EM1+12-40mm f2.8 MFT
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Quote:What does this exactly mean? Can diffraction be cancelled by lens design? How is it possible?
 

No it can't (as far as I know of). I'll try to rephrase my statement:

Before the release of the 12-40/2.8 all Olympus mft standard zooms had a maximum aperture of f/5.6 (or f/6.3) at the long end, which is equivalent to ~f/11 on full frame. At this point diffraction effects already start to kick in. Look at the test results for the 14-42R, for example, and you will notice that stopping down actually reduces the resolution of the image.

In contrast, stopping down the 12-40/2.8 by one or two stops should yield a better lens performance (as usual when stopping down a lens), because you're not instantly diffraction-limited. 

So, in the end, I expect the 12-40/2.8 to be the best performing mft zoom (produced by Olympus) at 40mm f/5.6. 

 

I hope that was somehow more clear now...  :ph34r:
  


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The Coming Oly EM1+12-40mm f2.8 MFT - by frank - 08-25-2013, 02:20 AM
The Coming Oly EM1+12-40mm f2.8 MFT - by joachim - 08-25-2013, 06:37 AM
The Coming Oly EM1+12-40mm f2.8 MFT - by Klaus - 08-25-2013, 07:18 AM
The Coming Oly EM1+12-40mm f2.8 MFT - by Guest - 08-25-2013, 12:47 PM
The Coming Oly EM1+12-40mm f2.8 MFT - by frank - 08-26-2013, 05:12 AM
The Coming Oly EM1+12-40mm f2.8 MFT - by Sylvain - 08-26-2013, 07:39 AM
The Coming Oly EM1+12-40mm f2.8 MFT - by Guest - 08-26-2013, 12:02 PM
The Coming Oly EM1+12-40mm f2.8 MFT - by frank - 09-09-2013, 11:59 AM
The Coming Oly EM1+12-40mm f2.8 MFT - by Klaus - 09-09-2013, 09:27 PM
The Coming Oly EM1+12-40mm f2.8 MFT - by Sylvain - 09-09-2013, 09:58 PM
The Coming Oly EM1+12-40mm f2.8 MFT - by Guest - 09-10-2013, 08:37 AM
The Coming Oly EM1+12-40mm f2.8 MFT - by frank - 09-10-2013, 08:40 AM
The Coming Oly EM1+12-40mm f2.8 MFT - by Guest - 09-10-2013, 11:23 AM
The Coming Oly EM1+12-40mm f2.8 MFT - by frank - 09-10-2013, 11:40 AM
The Coming Oly EM1+12-40mm f2.8 MFT - by felix - 09-10-2013, 02:02 PM
The Coming Oly EM1+12-40mm f2.8 MFT - by thxbb12 - 09-10-2013, 05:06 PM
The Coming Oly EM1+12-40mm f2.8 MFT - by felix - 09-10-2013, 05:09 PM
The Coming Oly EM1+12-40mm f2.8 MFT - by Sylvain - 09-10-2013, 08:37 PM
The Coming Oly EM1+12-40mm f2.8 MFT - by Klaus - 09-10-2013, 10:53 PM
The Coming Oly EM1+12-40mm f2.8 MFT - by Klaus - 09-11-2013, 09:18 AM
The Coming Oly EM1+12-40mm f2.8 MFT - by Guest - 09-16-2013, 10:52 AM
The Coming Oly EM1+12-40mm f2.8 MFT - by Guest - 09-16-2013, 04:18 PM
The Coming Oly EM1+12-40mm f2.8 MFT - by frank - 10-07-2013, 03:45 AM
The Coming Oly EM1+12-40mm f2.8 MFT - by felix - 10-07-2013, 11:36 AM
The Coming Oly EM1+12-40mm f2.8 MFT - by frank - 10-08-2013, 08:24 AM
The Coming Oly EM1+12-40mm f2.8 MFT - by frank - 10-08-2013, 08:28 AM

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