Flies with Olympus 22.5mm f3.5

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iangreenhalgh
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Flies with Olympus 22.5mm f3.5

Post by iangreenhalgh »

Hi folks

No idea what this lens was intended for, picked it up cheap on ebay.
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Some stacked shots I made with my EOS 650D. I used RawTherapee, Zerenestacker and Photoshop. The results are okay, not as sharp as I'd like, some diffuse glow. Maybe It's my fault the results are not so sharp and I used it outside it's intended magnification range?
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Re: Flies with Olympus 22.5mm f3.5

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I seem to remember seeing one of these or like this on the end of an optical cable for industrial inspection.

BR

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Re: Flies with Olympus 22.5mm f3.5

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Hi John

Could well be. My guess was microfiche but it's only a guess.

I am curious if it can perform better, but not having any info on it, I have no idea what magnification it is optimised for.

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Re: Flies with Olympus 22.5mm f3.5

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I have an almost identical Olympus 35mm f/4.5. I was not impressed with it.

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Re: Flies with Olympus 22.5mm f3.5

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That's an unusual level of precision on the focal length: 22.25 mm. Seems like it must have been made for some very specific purpose.

My wild guess would be that it's a microfilm/microfiche lens, optimized for looking through thick glass.

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optimized for looking through thick glass.
That would be very interesting and useful!

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Lou Jost wrote:
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optimized for looking through thick glass.
That would be very interesting and useful!
Well, it's just a wild guess. But I have used microfilm/microfiche readers that had carrier plates maybe 5 mm thick, and the text on screen looked good everywhere.

Working distance on those readers was pretty short, unfortunately.

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Re: Flies with Olympus 22.5mm f3.5

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I hope you are right, that would be really useful for shooting through liquid.

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