Gary Reese wrote:
><<IMHO, the 35-70mm F3.5-4.5 is a great little lens, although it cannot beat
>the true champ -- Zuiko 35-70 mm F3.6. >>
>
>My fading memory tells me that the Modern Photography lens tests had the 4.0
>with higher overall numbers than the 3.6 and the 3.5-4.5 bettering them both.
A while ago, before you'd joined the list (Welcome, btw! Did you get the
info. pack about the upcoming hazing rituals for all the new list members?),
I actually did some informal testing on all three 35-70mm Zuikos. Although
all three were very close, my final ranking was: #1 -- 35-70/f3.6, #2 --
35-70/f3.5-4.5, and #3 -- 35-70/f4. Moreover, #2 and #3 were much closer to
each other than both were to #1.
As you know, Modern Photography, with all due respect, is now history,
whereas I'm still around. Besides, my advertising rates are much more
reasonable than theirs have ever been ;-) ;-)
Cheers,
/Gary Schloss.
Studio City, CA
schloss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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