Daryl-
Your Sigma 35-70 sounds identical to one I bought second hand several
years ago.
I've never mentioned it on the list for fear of ridicule, but since
you've come out of the
closet, I guess I can, too :) It is actually my favorite grab-shooting
lens, and I've always
been happy with the results. (At least, I've never been able to blame
any of my
photographic failures on the characteristics of this lens. ) The
one-touch design and
relatively narrow zoom range make it easy to compose with.
Chuck Castleton
>>> olympus-digest <owner-olympus-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 06/25/99
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Date: Sun, 27 Jun 1999 15:46:06 -0500
From: Daryl F Hurley <dhurley@xxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [OM] for sale, was Soligor lenses
On Fri, 25 Jun 1999 10:11:11 EDT PCACala@xxxxxxx writes:
>I've never seen one I liked and never had one in hand to test,
although
I now
>have a 2X converter from Soligor. My expectations of the latter are
so
low
>that I am loth to commit to testing it. Looked at another way, there
are a
>lot of junker lenses out that would just eat up resources to test.
>
Gosh, Gary, I wish you hadn't said that! I was just thinking about
offering four zooms up for sale, two of them Soligors, a Sigma and a
Vivitar, to the list membership first of course. I'd always been
satified with their performance, but decided to sell because of
duplicated coverage with other lenses. Now I find out after all these
years they're no good, not even worth testing! :-) The two-ring
Soligors, a 24-45/3.5-4.5 and a 75-205/3.5, both have macro settings
and
have metal barrels and glass elements, no wonder these junkers are so
heavy! The one-ring Vivitar macro-focusing 75-205/3.8 appears to be
constructed of metal and glass also. The Sigma 35-70/2.8-4 is also a
one-touch, and the main barrel appears to be metal, but the sliding
portion may be plastic? I was going to offer the two 75-205's and the
35-70 up at $80.00 each or best offer, (plus shipping), and the 24-45
at
$125.00 (plus shipping) or best offer, first come first served. While
I'm at it, might as well sell off my backup Varimagnifinder (with
case)
for $130.00 plus shipping, obo, fcfs. If interested, contact me OFF
LIST.
Daryl Hurley dhurley@xxxxxxxx
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