I came across this interesting article by Dutch photographer Erwins Puts who is a respected commentator on Leica equipment, on the Olympus E-system.
http://imx.nl/photosite/comments/c007.html
He said that Olympus created the OM System with the stated goal to emulate the quality and compactness of the Leica M-system in an SLR guise in 1970. And the E-System is their equivalent for the digital era and is created based on the concept of combining a small format chip with dedicated lens design to achieve excellence in image quality.
His comment that a modern D-SLR with 10 to 12 MP and a lens designed for 35mm photography or a lens adapted to the APS capture circle may not produce better results than the combination of a small sensor and a dedicated lens design like the E-system of Olympus is certainly thought provoking.
Also, his comments on the Zuiko Digital lenses explain what we have already observed about the quality of these lenses :
"The lenses for the E-system are indeed outstandingly good. The published MTF graphs show a contrast transfer of more than 70% for 60 lp/mm. This is much better than what (as example) current Leica lenses in the same class of focal lengths can deliver."
http://imx.nl/photosite/comments/c007.html
He said that Olympus created the OM System with the stated goal to emulate the quality and compactness of the Leica M-system in an SLR guise in 1970. And the E-System is their equivalent for the digital era and is created based on the concept of combining a small format chip with dedicated lens design to achieve excellence in image quality.
His comment that a modern D-SLR with 10 to 12 MP and a lens designed for 35mm photography or a lens adapted to the APS capture circle may not produce better results than the combination of a small sensor and a dedicated lens design like the E-system of Olympus is certainly thought provoking.
Also, his comments on the Zuiko Digital lenses explain what we have already observed about the quality of these lenses :
"The lenses for the E-system are indeed outstandingly good. The published MTF graphs show a contrast transfer of more than 70% for 60 lp/mm. This is much better than what (as example) current Leica lenses in the same class of focal lengths can deliver."
nice read
