06-05-2010, 02:56 AM
The lens is amazingly sharp; it also has quite remarkable micro contrast.
The microcontrast and coating result in incredible saturation since there is no stray light reducing it (hence the velvia aspect of your comment)
And the very high microcontrast combined with the sharpness also give it the tech pan look (tech pan had very high acutance as well as capacity to record resolution -- the high microcontrast of the TSEII means both of these features are emphasised.
A lot of us like this! But it's easy to imagine not being keen.
One thing you could do would be to put a uv filter on the lens that has been incredibly lightly scored with sandpaper (or just breathed on, or even a little dusty)
That would't reduce the resolution much, but would reduce the microcontrast
The microcontrast and coating result in incredible saturation since there is no stray light reducing it (hence the velvia aspect of your comment)
And the very high microcontrast combined with the sharpness also give it the tech pan look (tech pan had very high acutance as well as capacity to record resolution -- the high microcontrast of the TSEII means both of these features are emphasised.
A lot of us like this! But it's easy to imagine not being keen.
One thing you could do would be to put a uv filter on the lens that has been incredibly lightly scored with sandpaper (or just breathed on, or even a little dusty)
That would't reduce the resolution much, but would reduce the microcontrast