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Re: [OM] Lens Test: 250mm f/2 Zuiko (hold on to your hats!)

Subject: Re: [OM] Lens Test: 250mm f/2 Zuiko (hold on to your hats!)
From: "John A. Prosper" <prosper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 1 Jun 1999 17:44:28 -0400 (EDT)
On Sat, 29 May 1999, Ulf Westerberg wrote:

|John A Prosper wrote:
|
|>If I recall correctly, this lens was judged superior in sharpness to
|>the legendary Canon 200/1.8L.
|
|The testresults on www.photodo.com site for the Canon showed this as their
|best lens ever tested. It really is legendary, and for the Zuiko to surpass
|this is almost too good to be true, the Zuiko being at least 12 years older
|in design. John, can you recall where you did get this info?

Hi Ulf,

I'm replying late because I don't log in everyday anymore.

The test result comparing the Canon 200/1.8 and Zuiko 250/2 was
conducted some years back.  (I would probably have to conduct a search
on DejaNews or such to rediscover that test result.) 

The one I saw was NOT done by a major magazine or organization but by
a user, a pro, I believe.  I had known at the time that the 200/1.8
was Canon's best, so I was particularly impressed by the findings,
especially since I thought the Zuiko 180/2 might be even better!  The
test proceedings were not given, just the final result---that the
Zuiko 250/2 had graded out better than any other manufacturer's lens
tested.  It was not clearly stated whether the 250/2 had been compared
against other Zuikos.

I see that Gary is "threatening" to test a Canon 200/1.8.  Perhaps his
results can serve to confirm or refute the earlier finding. :-)



|If the Photodo testings are the same as for the now renamed/defunct swedish
|photomag Aktuell Fotografi (which I think it is), the sharpest lens tested
|prior to the Canon was the Tamron 90/2.5 macro. As we all know, the Zuiko
|90/2 equals or surpasses the Tamron, so IOW the Zuiko 90/2 is another
|super-superstar, unfortunately not tested at Photodo.
|
|Ulf Westerberg
|Nature- and Travel Photography at www.start.at/westerberg
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