Re: [OM] lense info request

[JOHN SCHEUERER]

Lex,
I've got a 400 6.3 spirotone I picked up a year or so ago.I use fuji 
superior 800 and a tripod stopped down from f8 to 16 and still only get a 
few good shots fom it. I have to get a few rolls developed of our summer 
vacation at the shore. I got up early in the morning and as the sun was 
rising and hitting the stores on the bordwalk I was shooting 1/1000 s at 
f6.3 till the sun got higher and dropped me down to 1/500 s. I was  using 
the spot meter on my OM2000.I'm curious to see how the pictures come out.
 I decided to go with a Zuiko 200 f4. It'll cost me another $60.00 or so 
[used] but I'll get the better quality deal. Maybe at a later date I'll pick 
up the the Tameron 80 /200 f2.8.
                                            J.S.




> From: "Lex Jenkins" <lexjenkins@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [OM] lense info request
> Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 22:14:19 GMT
>
> You're welcome, John.  Here's another example, of something I mentioned in
> my earlier reply.  I finally got my first set of prints back shot with a
> Vivitar T-mount 300/5.6 preset lens - an old brick of a thing I swapped a
> flash for, just 'cause I have a soft spot in my cranium for this sort of
> thing.  It's *much* better built than the current crop of 500mm f/8 presets
> sold under the Cambron label and dozens of others.
>
> So far the results are a bit disappointing, tho' inconclusive 'cause
> shooting conditions were pretty poor - low light, long exposures on a 
> wobbly
> tripod using 800 film.  Most images were soft, but most were taken with the
> lens "wide open" (if the term can be applied to f/5.6!) or at f/8.  So I
> really need to shoot it stopped down more and in brighter light, plus use 
> my
> better tripod, etc.
>
> Anyway, the total trade value was probably around $25.  So if the lens 
> turns
> out to be a bookend or paperweight, no big loss.  But if I'd paid $100
> (which I wouldn't for a preset) I'd be pretty disappointed.
>
> OTOH, I have another T-mount preset, a Lentar 135/3.5, that's my favorite
> portrait lens.  Soft wide open without being mushy, sharpens nicely stopped
> down, and has wonderful bokeh.  The Vivitar 300/5.6 has what one of our
> Japanese listfolk described as "nisen-bokeh" - a sort of unattractive
> cross-eyed look.
>
> Lex
> ===
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