Ulf Westerberg wrote:
>
> joseph@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> >the 100-200/5, in addition to being a mediocre lens, suffers from terrible
> >zoom creep-- the zoom ring will move when the lens is pointed up at a
> >45 degree angle. both the 200/5 and 100-200/5 were designed as
> >amateur-oriented lenses
>
> Haven't used any of these myself, but the 100-200/5 was tested in a swedish
> photomagazine in the 80-s and was considered the best of all tested, it
> outperformed the Nikons, Canon's etc. Summary was "This lens delivers
> absolutely firstclass results". On a 1-5 scale it was something like 4.8.
> Drawbacks were slow-speed and 2.4 meter close-focus.
>
Right, Ulf I agree. And there'll be a test result of the 100-200/5
Zuiko done at 150mm using 4T self timer on Gary's test page soon and I
think it'll show some better grades than what are there now (from tests
with OM-1)
I've not used my copy too often, but I took a hyper-focussed shot with
it that enlarges very nicely to 16x20 on Cibachrome. Have sold many
copies of it. I think it's a fine lens.
George
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