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Re: [OM] Any problems with Zuiko 50-250?

Subject: Re: [OM] Any problems with Zuiko 50-250?
From: "C.H.Ling" <ch_photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 5 Apr 2009 08:56:31 +0800
Thank for looking and the comment, John. They were just freehand but I try 
to use shutter speed of 1/500s or above for such long lens, the portrait was 
even at 1/1600s (it was an error as I was just back from some stage shots so 
the ISO was at 640).

C.H.Ling

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Hudson" <OM4T@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, April 05, 2009 8:42 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] Any problems with Zuiko 50-250?


> CH ............. as usual, very engaging and interesting photos.
>
> Are you shooting freehand or are you using a monopod?
>
> jh
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "C.H.Ling" <ch_photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, April 04, 2009 9:38 PM
> Subject: Re: [OM] Any problems with Zuiko 50-250?
>
>
>> Yes, the bokeh of the 50-250 is not that pretty:
>>
>> http://www.accura.com.hk/temp/IMG_2808.jpg
>>
>> It is okay if you can avoid a busy background and shoot at the long end:
>>
>> http://www.accura.com.hk/temp/IMG_2774.jpg
>>
>> The edge to edge sharpness of the 50-250 at all focal lengths make it a
>> good
>> lens for landscapes.
>>
>> Tamron 70-210/3.5 and 60-300 are the lenses I would like to try but at
>> the monent I have a 65-200 waiting to test :-)
>>
>> C.H.Ling
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: <USHER99@xxxxxxx>
>>
>>> Thanks Chuck, Moose, CH, Nathan,
>>>
>>> No news is good news.  Perhaps JH will chime in.  The price of  this 
>>> lens
>>> really has fluctuated.  It was listed at $800 USD at KEH less  than 2
>>> years ago,
>>> now I see one
>>> at 300 in EX condition.  Jeff grabbed one for cheap on yabe and sold  it
>>> to
>>> me at cost, though it benefited from a CLA with John and has been  fine.
>>> Not
>>> sure what these reports on FM are about--rear element  issue.  I checked
>>> mine
>>> last night--seems OK.
>>>
>>> I totally forgot a similar Tokina existed until Moose mentioned it.  I
>>> think
>>> the Zuiko
>>> goes to 1:5 thereabouts at the 250 mm.  I remember CH bokeh tests  and
>>> the
>>> Z.
>>> 50-250 which can be busy, and can't say I've ever tried a  macro with 
>>> it.
>>> Perhaps at that FL the bokeh will be better.  I  usually have a macro
>>> lens
>>> with
>>> me, but I have on rare occasion been caught  short--errr, should say
>>> long.
>>> Dean likes the Tam SP 60-300 on the autotube for a butterfly  kit.
>>>
>>> Mike
>>
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