Hi,
All this talk about 35-70 zooms has me wondering about the 35-70 F4.0
version? How does it compare in size, price, and especially in quality of
photos with the 3.6 and the 3.5 to 4.5 versions? At least I think I've seen
an F4 version
selling on EBAY from time to time?
Thanks
Larry
----- Original Message -----
From: Timpe, Jim <Jim.Timpe@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, July 06, 2001 8:18 AM
Subject: RE: [OM] 35-70's Your opinions
> >>>-----Original Message-----
> >>>From: Erwin Voogt
> >>>However, focusing can be quite difficult with the 35-70/3.5-4.5. In
> reality
> >>>the lens operates as a F4.5 lens: at 35 mm the aperture closes down to
> F4.5
> >>>when the aperture ring is turned to F5.6 or higher. So the "bright"
> >>>viewfinder of F3.5 is only available when the lens is set to 35 mm
_and_
> the
> >>>aperature ring is set to F3.5!
> >>>For me this was a reason to look for a brighter zoom, although I still
> use
> >>>the 35-70/3.5-4.5 because of its small size.
>
> I'm not committing heresy... really. For the above reasons I keep a
Soligor
> 35-70/2.5-3.5 in my stash for really low light or difficult focusing
> situations. It's comparable in size to the Zuiko 3.6 and noticeably
> brighter. Image quality is perfectly acceptable.
>
> Can't beat the 3.5-4.5 Zuiko for a small, versatile package, though.
>
> Jim
>
>
>
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