You saw through me ;-)
Think I will stick with Oly and buy a couple of 4Tis for backup if I win the
lottery. Those Zeiss prices remind me of Zuiko prices in OZ - A$2400 for the
90 and
$12,500 for the 180. I once wound up a local camera store by enquiring in a
serious
manner about a 180. They eagerly said there was a new one available in Sydney.
At
those sorts of prices it will probably be available for some time.
Thanks for the info, I was genuinely interested in your answer.
Giles
Denton Taylor wrote:
> At 09:16 PM 2/2/99 +0000, you wrote:
> >
> >Sounds like a viable alternative should the Oly ship go under. Would you
> know,
> >roughly, what it might cost to acquire the equivalent of my 180mm f2 and
> 90mm f2
> >macro in Zeiss glass - secondhand?
> >
> >Giles
>
> Are you being funny???
> :-)
>
> Roughly equivalent to the 90/2, except a stop slower, is the 100 2.8 macro.
> I don't own one but have generally heard it is the only macro in that
> length up to Oly standards...New, a bit under $2000. Used, I've seen them
> around $1400.
>
> In the 180, there's a 2.8, which runs around $900 used, or a 200/2, which
> sells new for the bargain price of $7500(!)
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