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Pekka Potka tests the Olympus 15mm f8 'Body cap lens'
But he has run out of colour, so, only black and white pics. He doesn't like it a lot either:
"Aperture f/8 is far too dim to be usable (without flash) casually in a traditional P&S style whenever, if you expect normally sharp images. You really have to set your eye and mind to f/8 and work with the consequensies of it, namely blur. Or then
use flash as a signature, which also is interesting, but I have not yet been there with this lens."
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