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Re: [OM] Trouble in OM paradise

Subject: Re: [OM] Trouble in OM paradise
From: Bill Stanke <bstanke@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 15:02:08 -0800
Skip,

Tamron makes a 28-200 f/3.8~5.6 zoom for the Adaptall 2 mount ($269.95
plus cost of adapter minus rebate).  Tokina makes a 28-200 f/3.5~5.3
zoom in OM mount for $209.90.  Prices per B&H.  I don't think the 24 -
200 zooms are available in anything must an AF mount.

Bill Stanke

Skip Williams wrote:
> 
> You can see differences in very critical situations between today's aspheric
> element equipped lenses and yesterday's multi-element lenses.  The
> differences show up especially well in situations where you see chromatic
> abberations, coma, and astigmatism, like point light sources.  Not all the
> lenses, just the best.
> 
> But most photographers don't exploit those characteristics or task the tools
> close to their limits.  Camera shake and poor execution negates many of
> today's advantages.
> 
> The one big area that has had vast improvement is the high-ratio zoom lens.
> The quality of today's 24/28-200 lens is nothing short of amazing.  That's
> one lens that I wish I had as an option on my OM bodies.
> 
> Personally, I question the longevity of today's plastic-glass sandwich
> concoction that incorporates the all-important aspherical surfaces.  I'll
> bet many won't last.  And the keep-weight-down-at-all-costs construction
> paradigm of today's consumer lenses is a poor formula for longevity.
> 
> As an aside, I picked up a Canon Rebel-2000 autofocus SLR camera the other
> day, and I was FLABBERGASTED at how light it was.  It couldn't have weighed
> 25 oz. (I just checked at canonusa.com: body 12.6oz, lens 6.7oz = 19.3oz !!)
>   For crying out loud, it had a plastic lens mount on the body!  I just hope
> that these things don't get dropped.  I guess the plan is that over their
> 10-15yr life, they will either get obsoleted, destroyed, or abandoned.
> 
> Skip imadinosaurandproudofit
> 
> >From: ll.clark@xxxxxxxxxxx
> >Reply-To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >Subject: Re: [OM] Trouble in OM paradise
> >Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 16:38:42 -0500
> >
> >In <110.9dbdf5f.294674a0@xxxxxxx>, on 12/10/01 at 03:27 PM,
> >    Doggre@xxxxxxx said:
> >
> > > But I'm skeptical that I could see any difference between  photos
> > >taken with comparable lenses from the 70's era and today's newest
> > >offerings.  Maybe in enlargements?
> >
> >Not even then.
> >
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> >les clark / edgewater, nj / usa
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