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Re: [OM] Anyone tried a ZD 9-18 yet?

Subject: Re: [OM] Anyone tried a ZD 9-18 yet?
From: Ken Norton <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2009 13:03:13 -0500
>
> The faster and shorter that it is or the greater the zooming range the
> more difficult it is to both design and manufacture a good piece of
> glass.  But I still don't see any excuse for sending out a bad sample at
> $1400 a pop.



Exactly!   I have absolutely no tolerance for companies shipping schlock
when they are charging a premium for product marketed as a premium product.
 I don't care who it is, when I encounter sub-standard high-priced products,
I will give the vendor or manufacturer no end to grief.

As to Canon's legendary soft wide-angles...to me, when they slap that "L" on
a lens, it should mean something.  Obviously, what it meant was "idiots will
buy it because L-lenses are jewelry, therefore it doesn't matter if it works
correctly or not."  I would rather that a manufacturer not have a lens on
the market if it isn't right.

After all, wasn't one of the big advantages to buying a Canon DSLR was the
extensive line up of EOS lenses?  Too bad that all but a handful are
unusable...

But to be fair, every manufacturer--including Olympus--has duds.

AG
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