Was a time when this sort of posting was considered blasphemy.
Hmmmm....don't happen to know if the AF version of the 2.8 Tammie is
any good do you?
AndrewF
On 10/12/2004, at 1:52 AM, Walt Wayman wrote:
> Admitted, 2.5 is -- what? -- 1/2 stop faster than 2.8.
>
> But better built? Different materials maybe, but I've finally gotten
> over equating heavy metal with well built. Carbon fiber and a few
> other modern materials disabused me of that prejudice.
>
> And optically, I can't imagine the 2.5 is superior to the 2.8. If it
> is, then it's also better than the 90/2 Zuiko, so everyone should stop
> lusting for the Zuiko, get the older Tamron and use the money saved
> for a nice OM-4Ti body. A year or so ago I shot a series of
> comparison shots between the Tamron and the Zuiko and found the Provia
> 100F slides to be indistinguishable as betweem the two lenses,
> particularly after I dropped the lot in their unnumbered mounts,
> rendering my scribbled record of which was taken with which lens
> useless. (I could have removed the film from the mounts to
> reconstruct the order, but since there was no discernable difference,
> I didn't care enough to do so.)
>
> Also, the 2.8 goes to 1:1 all by itself, no extension tube necessary,
> a feat neither the 2.5 Tamron or the Zuiko can match -- a 90mm lens
> that goes from 1:1 to infinity in the blink of an eye! At half the
> weight of the 90/2 Zuiko and 1/4 the cost to replace if injured, it
> gets to go out and about in the rough while the Zuiko often stays home
> or in the OM-4Runner.
>
> The 2.8 has 55mm filter threads, and, admittedly, attaching the macro
> flashes does require the use of a couple of empty 55mm filter rings to
> extend the threads so the flash can clear that unnecessarily fat-ass
> front end, but this workaround cost $2 and took 5 minutes to make.
> And besides, the two rings act as a mini lens hood when using the
> macro flashes, a bonus that may not be of much help, but it sure don't
> seem to hurt nothin'.
>
> Walt
>
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