>This lens was tested in a swedish photo-mag in the early 80's. It got VERY
>good reviews. A quote: "This lens delivers absolutely top-class images". To
>say that the magazine were impressed is a mild understatement. Only
>drawbacks mentioned was the close-focus distance of 2.4 meters and the slow
>speed.
I owned one for about a month--I think. It was kinda soft, in my opinion,
and had gobs of barrel distortion. Somebody here at work brought in his OM
kit which included a 100-200/5 lens. I checked it out and it was visibly
worse than a 100/2.8 with 2x teleconverter.
I dislike the single-touch zoom/focus ring as it always slides on you during
time-exposures (use duct tape?) It was also way too dark of a lens for
200mm length.
I went back to using a brand-x 75-260/4.5 zoom that I had at the time.
Your opinions may vary (YOMV).
Ken N.
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