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Re: [OM] Off-brand zooms for OM

Subject: Re: [OM] Off-brand zooms for OM
From: "John A. Prosper" <prosper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2000 21:02:16 -0500 (EST)
On Thu, 6 Jan 2000, Robert E. Woodburn wrote:

|Hi OM'ers -
|
|Have any of you had any experience with the Zeiss 28-80 f4 zoom for OM?
|If so, how would you evaluate it?
|
|I saw one recently on an auction site (no sale - reserve not met). 
|
|I have a Tokina AT-X 28-85 f3.5-4.5, which, when I bought it in 1982,
|appeared from published test reports to be the best in the 28-80/85
|range. Don't know how the Zeiss would compare; I don't recall ever
|seeing the Zeiss zoom advertised, let alone reviewed. Could it be that
|it was never marketed in the U.S.? 

I've never heard of Zeiss lenses made for Olympus.  Could this be an
original Zeiss for Contax/Yashica which was modified for the Olympus
OM mount? 



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