I owned a 65-200 for about 5 years. I was always pleased with the photos I
took with it. It was a nice complement to my 35-70 when traveling light.
However, the lens I had didn?t have the best mechanical quality. The zooming
had some play in the mechanism that shifted the focus. This was very
noticeable when I would use the split prism to focus on a vertical line and
then zoom. You could see the line break as well as feel the play in the push-
pull mechanism. OLY replaced the zoom bushings for free but it didn?t help
that much.
The lens had a low serial no. (104xxx); an early production lens? Someone
posted last summer that there may have been two versions of this lens. If so,
maybe the zooming was improved on version 2.
Any other 65-200 owners have a sloppy zoom ring?
My love-hate relationship with the 65-200 ended when I came across a deal on
a T*k*na 80 200/2.8. It?s twice as heavy but the picture and mechanical
quality is excellent. It also has a tripod mount. :-) I dearly miss the
Zuiko though.
Bill Rice
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