Glen,
I could send you a few boxes of Wheaties, or take the lens off your hands,
you pick <gg>
Skip
At 7/16/99 10:13 PM -0700, you wrote:
>I second Skip's enthusiasm for the Tamron 80-200/2.8. I've only had mine a
>few months, but I'm very happy with the sharp images and the build
>quality--it's one serious piece of equipment. If I were a stronger man I'd
>use it more, a lot more.
>
>Glen
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Skip Williams <skipwilliams@xxxxxxxxx>
>To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Cc: haegint@xxxxxxxx <haegint@xxxxxxxx>
>Date: July 16, 1999 2:54 PM
>Subject: Re: [OM] Zoom Recommendation
>
>
>>As far as constant aperture 80-200/2.8 zooms go, you should look at the
>>Tamron. I've had one for years and its a tack-sharp lens. They come up
>>regularly on EBay, and with the Adaptall mount, it doesn't matter what
>>mount is being sold, all you have to do is spring for a new OM adaptall
>>mount. I wouldn't part with mine. BTW, it's heavy.
>>
>>On Ebay, you should look at:
>>
>>80-200/2.8
>>http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=129842789
>>
>>Adaptall Mount for OM
>>http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130078052
>>
>>Skip
>>
>>At 7/10/99 08:19 PM +0200, you wrote:
>>>Weather was lousy in Zurich all day, so I did some websurfing on Tamron
>and
>>>Sigma zooms.
>>>
>>>There is a manual focus Tamron SP 70-210/3.5 that is still produced. As I
>>>understand, it keeps the f/3.5 over the whole zoom range. Anybody using
>it?
>>>
>>>Also there seems to be a manual focus Sigma 70-210/2.8 APO (2.8!!!). But I
>>>could not figure whether Sigma still makes an OM mount for it. Nikon and
>>>Canon versions are still available... Any user experiences on that one?
>>>
>>>The archive search is only **up to** August 98, unfortunately. You cannot
>>>search from 09/98 to the present :-(
>>>I did not find much user info on the 200mm.
>>>
>>>Thomas
>>>
>>>
>>>
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