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Re: [OM] Opinions on 35-105 f3.5-4.5 Zuiko

Subject: Re: [OM] Opinions on 35-105 f3.5-4.5 Zuiko
From: Paul Van Tuyl <olympusguy@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 04 Feb 1998 08:21:50 -0600
This 35-105 ZUIKO is a great all-round lens, and good for portrait work!

Gary Schloss wrote:

> Larry Clark wrote:
>
> >The 35-105 [...] I've really enjoyed it. It ends up being the lens
> >I keep on the camera in my #1 bag. [...] If i could change
> >one thing, it would be to make it constant aperture.
>
> Pentax made such a lens -- it was the SMC-A 35-105/f3.5, pretty
> heavy (620gr) and with 67mm filter. It looked even bigger on the
> compact A-series Pentax bodies, and, AFAIK, wasn't a great commercial
> success, although I heard rumors that it was actually quite good
> (Pentax's record on zooms is rather spotty).
>
> Pentax also made a monstrously big SMC-A 28-135/f4 lens (2 lbs,
> 77mm filter), which quickly lost out to Tokina's much more compact
> and very sharp AT-X 28-135/f4-4.6. Admittedly, both Pentax lenses
> qualify as serious babe magnets. :-)
>
> P.S. Larry, I'm intrigued by the #1,2,3 bags. Care to elaborate?
> /G.S.
>
> Cheers,
>
> /Gary Schloss.
> Studio City, CA
> schloss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
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