Joel wrote:
>...The 75-150/4 is tougher to judge. Personally I wouldn't pick one up
unless
>it were fairly new and in good shape. The lens was prone to element
>separation.
>
>On the whole the 75-150 has a great size and feel, but it's slow and dark
>if you don't use the brighter focusing screens. I think it is pretty good
>up to about 135mm. After that point, mine softens up quite a bit.
I had one of those from new but didn't use it much until I visited a local
Nature Centre, where it performed really well until I went into the reptile
centre. That's when I discovered that it didn't focus close enough and I
remember crashing into people and treading on feet while walking backwards
to get lizards in focus. I sold it to my sister and for years it was her
only lens on her OM-1 until I gave her a nice chrome nose 50/1.8 last
Christmas. She's always had good results with it though and it still looks
like new.
Regards,
Keith Berry
(Birmingham, England)
k.berry@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
www.keithberry.telinco.co.uk
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