Mickey;
About 12 years ago, I called them to order a Tokina 500/8 mirror they
advertised at a great price - much below anyone else.
"Unfortunately", said the salesman, "we're out of stock on the Tokina. But
we have the Cambron - and it's a better lens for the same price."
"Well, when will you be getting more Tokinas?" I said.
"Oh, I don't know, probably 6 weeks or more."
"Sh_t, I thought naively to myself, my 8 day river trip in Idaho is in a
month, and I want to photo the big horn sheep etc that I'm going to see."
So I said the fateful words "OK, send me the Cambron."
And they did. And it sucked. Contrast? Fugget-about-it. Sharp? Like Dan
Quayle (or Al Gore). Crisp? Like cereal after an hour in milk. Where is it
now? Sold it at a garage sale for $10. And felt guilty about it.
The fact that you did what I didn't and stuck with the name brand lens (if
you can call Samyang a name brand :>) :>) - BTW, I guess they weren't "out
of stock on the Samyang"?) may yet save you. If the lens got good reviews -
hey, it'll be better than a Cambron for sure.
And perhaps you'll get lucky and they'll actually send it to you. Let us
know, eh?
George
-----Original Message-----
From: Mickey Trageser <mickeytr@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Monday, July 19, 1999 5:34 PM
Subject: [OM] Re: Cambridge
>I guess I'll be the next to testify to the Cambridge legacy, one way or the
>other. The full text of my original message follows below. Anyone own a
>Cambron lens?
>--Mickey
>
>-------------begin-----------
>I recently ordered a Samyang 18-28 zoom from Cambridge. The price was an
>unbelievable $129.50. I haven't rec'd it yet, but ordered it based on a
>review I had read long ago. The sales person tried to sell me 'up' to the
>Cambron model at $169. He said it was a better lens. Employing the
>proverbial 'grain of salt', I stuck with the Samyang. Judging by the latest
>reference of zooms in the Popular Photography 07/99 issue, they could be
the
>same lens. Anyone know for sure?
>
>Has anyone had remarkable experiences with Cambridge? --I should have asked
>prior to ordering.... oh well.
>
>Thanks,
>Mickey Trageser, MD/USA
>----------------end-----------------
>
>
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