Sorry Tim, I have to say something... I have no idea on the resolution
of Nik*n 80-200, but I consider the contrast of 85-250 is on the high
side that I can accept, if it go further that will be too much, may be
it is just for me.
I do believe the top zoom from Nik*n is better in sharpness. But I
also believe the poor experience on the slow Zuiko could be due to
focusing problem and the F2.8 also help to provide better stability,
at F5 the shutter speed could be too slow for most people to get a
sharp image. I once (12 years ago) heard a very professional look guy
said the AF lenses from Nik*n were much shaper than his old AIS
lenses.... so you know why ;-)
I do hope you try out the 300/4 AFS and give us some comment, my
friend who is a die hard Nikon fan (also owned quite a lots of OM
gears), he don't like the 300 very much. He even prefer the 80-400AFS
zoom better, he said the 300 just like the 70-180 Macro he once own,
the slide just came out very un-natural (although very colorful). He
mentioned the Zuiko 300/4.5 has much better color/contrast rendering
than his N-300. But not many people can manage such a heavy non IF
manual focusing Zuiko.
C.H.Ling
Tim Chakravorty wrote:
>
>
> One thing I have rarely heard people suggest is to raise two families of
> camera systems, as long as they
> complement each other. For me Olympus is the primary system for focal
> lengths below 100mm, including
> macros. And going out on a limb here, I am afraid to say that the Zuiko
> family had no quality zooms in the
> 70-200 range. So I decided to start a new family with a Nikon N80(gifted to
> me), and the absolutely
> fabulous Nikkor 80-200/2.8ED. Sorry Zuikheads, but the Zuiko 85-250/5 is
> *nowhere* near the Nikkor
> 80-200/2.8, resolution or contrast. (I know this is blasphemy and I can see
> war breaking out.. :-) )
> The quality long lenses from Olympus ( 180/2, 250/2, 350/2) are very
> expensive and I truly don't see the
> rationale behind their cost. (Perhaps because they are old designs and manual
> focus ?) So for me the Nikon
> family will grow with the long lenses , maybe a 300/4 AF-S sometime in the
> future, while I will happily
> keep the shorter ones from Olympus.
>
> What does this mean for you ? If you want to be an expert nature photographer
> get an Om-4/Ti by all
> means. It just doesn't get any better than that. But if you want to pursue
> photojournalistic type of subjects,
> such as closeup grab shots of people , or even serious wildlife - forget
> Olympus. You will spend an
> eternity focusing and fumbling with the spot meter. So you might consider
> buying into another system,
> not necessarily by getting rid of what you have.
>
> Life is short. Taste the best of everything .
>
>
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