Very happy with the 50-200, which I bought almost immediately after
purchasing the E1 in 2004. My wife recently got the 75-300 and is very
happy with its optical quality. Her only complaint is its relatively
small aperture, which easily becomes a problem with her E400 (which
already produces quite a bit of noise at ISO400). My guess is this would
be a smaller problem with the E3 because of IS.
Ton in Amsterdam
> I had not realised the 50-200 was so heavy, Nathan. It doesn't feel so
> bad
> on the camera, leastwise! But it's a significant increase on the 70-300
> for
> sure.
>
> Judging only from the paper specs, I would point out that it is
> relatively
> slow (which I regard as even more important with long lenses, though IS
> will
> help a great deal), and as far as I understand you cannot use manual
> focus
> with the 70-300. But (still judging from paper specs!) the price
> differential between 50-200 and 70-300 is very significant! It looks a
> bargain.
>
> If you care to look at a fellow countryman's review (with other opinions
> added) try here:
> http://www.wrotniak.net/photo/43/zd-070-300.html the short version - he
> likes it very much.
>
>
> --
> Piers
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf
> Of Nathan Wajsman
> Sent: 19 July 2008 16:12
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [OM] Question about longish Oly lenses
>
>
> I am thinking about getting a longer lens for my E3, taking advantage of
> the
> fact that my uncle from Florida is coming over in August and can
> "smuggle" a
> lens bought with US rubles at B&H.
>
> I have looked at the following 3 lenses:
>
> - the 50-200mm has the best specs but also the highest price and I am not
> thrilled by the 1 kg weight
> - the 40-150mm is light but its range overlaps with the 12-60mm I already
> have; but it is the cheapest of these 3
> - the 70-300mm appears the most useful, as its range dovetails nicely
> with
> the 12-60. It is also light for this focal length, and inexpensive.
>
> What is the opinion of this esteemed group of the relative merits of
> these
> last two lenses?
>
> Cheers,
> Nathan
>
> Nathan Wajsman
> Alicante, Spain
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