Olaf Greve wrote:
:When was this lens made? I do not seem to have a description of that
:anywhere...
:I guess that must be one heavy succer, hehehe, the OM 65/200 F4 is already
:quite heavy...:)
Hehehe, it weighs only 50 gram more than the 65-200 but gives me 65 mm extra
focal length. It weighs 125 gram less than the 85-250 and still gives me 35
mm extra focal length. Yes it weighs 780 gram and has a one touch design. I
think it was produced in the late eighties, and only for a short period.
Because it wasn't sold in big masses, it is now rather rare and expensive.
Rumours say that is is one of the best zoom lenses. At least its design is
more modern than the other two long Zuiko zooms. But of course all three are
good. They're Zuiks, and Zuiks don't stink.
:1.53m is pretty far out...weird... My 65/200 when using close focus @ 200
mm
:allows me to get as close as +/- 0.5m (not accurately measured).... Are you
:sure your lens is 1000.k. ?
Obviously it is a complete different design. Yes I think it's 1000k.
Unless another 50-250 owner unlurks right now and writes the info in the SIF
was right, which I can't imagine. At the botton of the SIF specs there's a
nasty line: "Specifications subject to change without notice". :-( Oh well,
at least it's still an F5.
Btw, the OM System Lens Handbook names a 0.85 m close focus distance for the
65-200.
:Hmmmm, if you're really interested in comparing it against the 65/200 and
:you live near Amsterdam, just let me know and you can have a shoot-out
using
:mine :)
Yes I live near Amsterdam (fijn weer eens een Nederlander op de lijst te
zien :-) - but I'm really not that anxious to see exact test data (and
wouldn't know how to produce them either). I didn't buy it because its
supposed superiority or its collectors value, but because of the very useful
focal length that can better be combined with my Sigma 21-35 without leaving
a too large gap in focal length, and because of its reasonable weight and
its one-touch design. Two bodies and two lenses covering super wide to near
super tele :-)
Hans
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