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Re: [OM] Soligors (was Lens w/internal telescoping extension tube????)

Subject: Re: [OM] Soligors (was Lens w/internal telescoping extension tube????)
From: gma <gma@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 1998 14:21:03 -0700
Ulf Westerberg wrote:
> 
> Gary Schloss wrote:
> 
> >Soligor produced quite a few lenses of very decent quality,
> >with fine optics and excellent fit and finish.
> <snip>
> >Better still are Soligor's G/S series lenses, though most are NOT marked
> >as G/S.  All but one are primes: 24/f2.5, 28/f2.5, 135/f2.5, 200/f2.8,
> >300/f4.5, and 400/f5.6.
> <snip>
> 
> After reading this I felt the need to speak out my experiences of my 28/2.5
> Soligor, not marked G/S. While optics are not bad, I don't reckon them as
> good either. But the mechanics, at least in this sample are just plain
> terrible. The stop-down button is thin, almost as sharp as a knife and VERY
> hard to push, making it a real exercise to use. The focus ring is VERY
> stiff, the aperture ring has no feel at all, you have to look while turning
> it as the settings are unnoticeble, to say the least.
> 
> If this applies to other Soligors, I don't know, but I sure don't feel the
> need to try.
> 
> Ulf Westerberg
-- 

Yeah, I gotta go with Ulf on this one.  Preface: I am impressed with GS'
knowledge of Soligors, (and politics, for that matter <g>) and don't
doubt AT ALL what he's saying. However, based on my sample of two, one
zoom, one fixed, I'd have to say that the optics are inferior at best
and the mechanics are shoddy at best.  Caveat Emptor!


george  :>)

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