Olympus Pen-FV and 38 mm Macro lens
Olympus Pen-FV half format film camera, made around 1967
E Zuiko Auto Macro 3.5/38 mm
Kodak Ektar 100 colour negative film
Developed and scanned by www.meinfilmlab.de
This, in my opinion, is a very clean film shot and also a very clean scan. Admittedly, it is slightly over-exposed, which is an ever-present issue when photographing plants.
The Macro lens (E-Zuiko 38 mm f/3.5) is optically far superior to the standard lens for the Pen-F film cameras, which was the F-Zuiko 38 mm f/1.8). It is sharp and the bokeh is just as I want it to be, the background dissolving into creamy blur, which just retains enough detail to indicated what is there, but no more. It doesn't distract from the subject, and it does not contain any strange artefacts as I have seen happening with other lenses. I just love how the sharpness dissolves down the stem of that flower.
Remember - this is film - and only half frame, to boot.
Olympus Pen-FV and 38 mm Macro lens
Olympus Pen-FV half format film camera, made around 1967
E Zuiko Auto Macro 3.5/38 mm
Kodak Ektar 100 colour negative film
Developed and scanned by www.meinfilmlab.de
This, in my opinion, is a very clean film shot and also a very clean scan. Admittedly, it is slightly over-exposed, which is an ever-present issue when photographing plants.
The Macro lens (E-Zuiko 38 mm f/3.5) is optically far superior to the standard lens for the Pen-F film cameras, which was the F-Zuiko 38 mm f/1.8). It is sharp and the bokeh is just as I want it to be, the background dissolving into creamy blur, which just retains enough detail to indicated what is there, but no more. It doesn't distract from the subject, and it does not contain any strange artefacts as I have seen happening with other lenses. I just love how the sharpness dissolves down the stem of that flower.
Remember - this is film - and only half frame, to boot.