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Re: [OM] zooms for OM camera? (a bit long)

Subject: Re: [OM] zooms for OM camera? (a bit long)
From: Joel Wilcox <jowilcox@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 25 Jul 1999 09:57:06 -0500
At 08:51 AM 7/25/1999 EDT, Ken you wrote:
>
>I have the 85-250 zuiko and the 70-210 (Cosina)  and the 75-150 zuiko for my 
>longer zooms.  I take the 85-250 when I have a big camera bag and need 
>excercise!  It is a great quality lens but  HUGE AND MASSIVE.  (And in far 
>off lands may raise the suspician that you are an enemy agent!) In my mind
it 
>has a high "scare factor"- but going to 250mm is real handy.
>
>Cheers
>
>Ken M
>

Ken,

Scare factors are good, as I like people to leave me alone when I'm
shooting. ;-)

It's interesting that you are the first in this thread to mention the lowly
75-150, which I find useful to carry among gear for handheld shots.  I also
have the 35-70/3.5-4.5 for this type of situation.  

Also in my arsenal is a 35-105/3.5-4.5 (in for a bit of service at the
moment) which, along with the 85-250 makes a good pair for those
circumstances in which I tote the tripod.  The weight of the 85-250 is less
a factor for me than its ungainly length.  I had to radically redesign the
inwards of my LowePro Compact AW bag to accommodate it, but it has a
permanent place there now -- no regrets.  Despite the comments about its
weight and length, I find it to be a physically a beautiful lens.  This
fact has nothing, and everything, to do with the enjoyment of photography.

Joel Wilcox
Iowa City, Iowa USA

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