The 50-250 is a one-touch. It is nice - quite a bit more compact than the
85-250. I was quite surprised by this when Tom Scales showed me his.
What a great lens. Of course, the high price comes with it.
> From: Pauls0627@xxxxxxx
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> Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2000 20:49:24 EDT
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> Subject: [OM] How many 85-250's were there?
>
> Has anyone taken a close look at the PDF file on the Olympus USA website
> describing the Zuiko lens line? An interesting piece on the last page lists
> the filter sizes of all the OM Zuikos, including discontinued ones. The last
> two on the list are:
>
> OM-85~250 f5.0 Two Touch
> OM-85-250 f5.0 One Touch
>
> Is this a typo and could one of these be the 50-250? The 50-250 doesn't seem
> to be listed in what is otherwise a fairly complete list (the only other
> lenses I see missing, interestingly, are the two Cosina zooms, and the
> 35-105). I know the 85-250 was a two touch, right? Was the 50-250 a one-touch
> or two touch zoom?
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