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Re: [OM] another one with the 12-200

Subject: Re: [OM] another one with the 12-200
From: Nathan Wajsman <photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2019 20:58:38 +0100
I accept that my 1:3 rule may be too conservative given recent technological 
improvements, and I may try the 12-60mm for travelling even lighter (since it 
would replace at least two lenses) but I still have my doubts about lenses with 
ratios like 1:10.

Cheers,
Nathan

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> On 16 Dec 2019, at 20:36, Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> On 12/15/2019 9:32 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
>> I think this is typical for a lens with this zoom range. There is no free 
>> lunch.
>> I avoid zooms with a ratio of more than 1:3 between the short and the long 
>> end.
> 
> That seems to me a generalization from the past that seldom holds today. The 
> 5x 12-60 PLeica and 8x 12-100 Oly Pro are really optically excellent lenses, 
> for example. The 10x-ish Oly 14-150, Panny 14-140 and Sony FF 24-240 are all 
> quite good lenses.
> 
> Newer glasses and better aspherics, esp. double sided, are creating magic. ;-)
> 
> Long Range Moose
> 
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