The fast 2.8 lens is a LOT of glass....the 3.5 is a bit smaller but still
quite heavy.
Bruce Kolber
St. Petersburg, FL 33715
USA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Wallich" <pw@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2001 2:15 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] Original metal Tamron 90mm /2.5 Macro
> At 11:32 AM -0400 5/23/01, Bruce Kolber wrote:
>
>
> >I have had one for a few years.....terrific lens at a somewhat reasonable
> >price....my only complaint (really a nit-pick) is getting the lens cap on
> >and off due to the small diameter of the front barrel in comparison to
the
> >focusing ring....decent portrait lens also. Actually, I have quite a few
> >Tamrons (90 f2.5 SP, 500 f8 SP cat, 28-80 f3.5-4.2 SP, 28-135 f4-4.5 SP,
> >70-210 f3.5 SP, 60-300 f3.8-5.4 SP, and 2X SP converter).....I like all
of
> >them......any other folks have Tamrons?
>
> I have the 80-200 2.8 and a 2x; some of the pictures it takes are very
> nice, but I am beginning to come to the conclusion that it's just too
> much lens for me. I haven't really dared to take it out (and would
probably
> need an extra bag for it if I did).
>
> paul
>
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