I have one, with the teleconverter, that I've had since the late '70s. I
like it a lot, although my zuikoholism requires me to use the 75-150 more.
It does degrade with the converter, but, at least to my eye, not that much,
so it's awfully nice to have the 75-300 range in such a small package.
Gary: Want to test it? <g>
Tom
From: <lclark@xxxxxxxxxx>
> In <FPEBIFHGBNMLMFLFKEEGCEHFCCAA.bphuber@xxxxxxxxxx>, on 10/24/00 at
> 10:20 PM,
> "Brian P. Huber" <bphuber@xxxxxxxxxx> said:
>
> >The 70-150 was likely a Vivitar. There was a teleconverter made
> >especially for the lens.
> >They were sold as a "matched" pair. The Teleconverter was called a
> >Matched Multiplier.
>
> And the original review of the Vivitar said that it was slightly better
> than the Zuiko, but quality declined significantly when the
> teleconverter was used. Sorry I can't lay my hand on the review at the
> moment.
>
> les clark / edgewater, nj / usa
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