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Re: [OM] 8mm/2.8? Macro 20/3.5? Tele 1000/11?

Subject: Re: [OM] 8mm/2.8? Macro 20/3.5? Tele 1000/11?
From: Pauls0627@xxxxxxx
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 1999 08:27:33 EDT
In a message dated 7/14/99 11:16:49 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
om4ti@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:

> I own both ends of that lens spectrum. I have had the 1000/11 for many years

let's see, a 1000/11....

>  (12-14). I have only used it three times since acquiring it. Shortly after
>  buying it I picked up a 600/6.5 which I truly love. It is not that the 

AND a 600/6.5...

> images
>  from the 1000 are not good or that the 600 is superior, the 600 is just 
> easier
>  to take around with me. The bonus is that the 600 is brighter.
>  
>     As to the 8/2.8, I have had one for almost a decade. I use it far more 

AND an 8/2.8...

> often
>  than the 1000, but nowhere near as much as the 16/3.5 or 18/3.5.  However, 

AND a 16/3.5...
AND an 18/3.5...

> just
>  a month or so ago I used the 8/2.8 for the back cover photo of one of our 
> local
>  Police Department's Annual Reports.
>  
>     In regards to the bellows only macros, I do not have either of the 
> earlier
>  designs that you mention. I do have one of the newer 38/2.8s that usually 

AND a 38/2.8...

> stays
>  on the telescoping auto tube. I have found it to be a great lens. I just 
don'
> t
>  have enough of a use for it. Most of my macro needs are filled with the 
50/2 
> or
>  90/2.

PLUS a 50/2 and a 90/2????

I didn't see the 50/1.8 mentioned. If you need one I have a couple of spares. 
Will swap for any of the above ;-)

Paul Schings
Coventry, Rhode Island USA

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