>Joseph Albert wrote:
>
>> I was amazed that Olympus did the 35-80/2.8 zoom as they more or less
>> surrendered the zoom market to the aftermarket companies.
>...
>> Also, I have a hard time thinking about a 35-80/2.8 Zuiko for $1200
>> when the Vivitar Series 1 35-85/2.8 Varifocal is $175 in clean used
>> condition.
>
>Do you realy think the Vivitar is equaly in optical quality to the
>Zuiko? The Vivitar is a very old design with extreme specs (2.8), so I
>doubt it can stand against an very good new design like the Zuiko.
>Of course this is an speculation, because I hadn´t the chance to test
>this lenses, but maybe somebody did and can tell us more?.
>
>Richard
>
It seems to me that when Popular Photography tested the Zuiko lens, that
they said it gave the best result of any lens of that focal length that
they had ever tested.
Winsor
Winsor Crosby
Long Beach, California
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