Here is an exchange I has with Gary Reese on his results of the 600mm
telephoto. I would like to know if anybody has had personal experience with
this lens:
I asked:
I was thinking about getting the 600mm Zuiko, but had a look at your lens
tests, where it received poor marks. If I use your grading system, then
prints could only be made up to 5X7, except for the largest apertures. Am I
missing something or does this lens really have poor quality? Of course, the
best option is the 350/2.8 with the 1.4 teleconverter, but I don't have that
kind of money (if I could even find a 350/2.8)
His response:
There really isn't much more I can tell you about the 600mm. I had the
one I tested checked to see if the optical alignment was OK. It was. I
suspect it would perform better with mirror and diaphragm prefire.
The bad results the first time around had me test a second time. Just as
poor that time, too.
My reply:
Hmmm.....
I was hoping I just missed something. I wonder how the 600mm compares to the
auto-focus super-teles from C*n*n or N*k*n? My 300mm/4.5 just isn't getting
me close enough. Maybe I need to be closer! This is a somewhat rhetorical
question, but what are my options or is the 350/2.8 with a 1.4x converter the
only option.
I guess that's not a rhetorical questions now!
thank in advance
--p.j.
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