Interesting, It mirrors my own experience with that lens.
Bill pearce
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From: "Nicholas Herndon" <nherndon@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, March 19, 2010 9:34 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] OMZ 200/5 and HK Flower Portraits
> >Hello list,
>>I am looking for an excellent condition example of the OM 200mm f5. I
>>wonder if there is anyone on the list >who has one for sale?
>>Many thanks,
>>Nic Mitchell
>
> Nic, I happened to stumble across a 200/5 for next to nothing. I had
> been looking for one for a while to complete my 49mm filter thread
> setup. I hardly used it. It was slow, soft, and really the only
> thing it had going for it was its tiny size. Maybe my copy was bad,
> but I didn't really care for it. So I sold it on the auction site.
> The 200/4 is much superior. Granted, I did no formal testing with
> charts or anything of that sort, but I did
>
>> Here again is the yearly portrait event in the HK flower show,
>> all shots with OM180/2.8 at F2.8 on a 5D II body at ISO160.
>
> CH, wonderful portraits. The 180/2.8 is such a nice lens, but it
> looks pretty big, especially compared to the 200/4. How do you feel
> it handles on an OM body, and do you prefer it on the 5DII?
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