Hi Joseph,
Have you tried the Zuiko 300/4.5 ? besides the difficult in handling (due to non
IF design), I personal feel this lens is very sharp and excellent in color. You
also forgot to mention the 180/2 which should possess the same high quality
as the 250/2 and 350/2.8.
C.H.Ling
>
>As far as quality, I have owned Pentax screw mount, Canon FD mount,
>Leica R mount, Agfa, and Olympus 35mm SLRs, and have used Nikon's.
>
>Up to 100mm, Olympus lenses can rival and in some cases exceed what
>other vendors can supply. The 50/1.8 Zuiko's I have had and have have
>all been sharper than the 50/2 Summicron-R I had with my Leica R3.
>
>Beyond 100mm, Zuikos have a harder time standing up to direct side-by-side
>comparisons with Nikon telephotos. Clearly, Olympus is capable of making
>state-of-the-art telephotos, witness the 250/2 and 350/2.8, but most of
>their more normal sorts of teles are older designs that have not been
>updated to run with the pack.
>
>Joseph
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