Thanks for the info, Les. I'd decided to leave well alone but after
re-reading a couple of emails about the lens decided to put in a bid and was
successful at about US$40. I've added an OM-20 with 35-70 f4 to my OM-2 and
thought that the Vivitar may well complement that lens.
John.
----- Original Message -----
From: <ll.clark@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2002 7:09 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] 70-150 f3.8 OM Mount Vivitar Zoom
> In <003501c1d943$8f18fbe0$5a4bfea9@bigjohn>, on 04/01/02 at 04:07 PM,
> "John Wheeler" <wheelej@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> said:
>
> >The Oz branch of E*b*y has one of these (1342093847, BIN at AUD$99.00).
> >I wondered if any members had some info on the lens.
>
> A couple of us have these. In the '70's Modern Photography thought that
> this lens was a bit sharper than the Zuiko [heresy alert!]. There was a
> matching 2x multiplier which is now a little hard to locate, and it
> degraded the quality of the images a bit.
>
> ---------------------------------------------
> les clark / edgewater, nj / usa
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