Richard,
I've had one for about five years. It is easily the sharpest zoom I have ever
used, which includes other Zuikos, Tamrons, and Vivitars. I have enlargements
up to 20x24 that are as good as any you'll see. As others have said, it is
heavy, but you get used to that quickly and don't notice it anymore once it
becomes your"prime" lens. There is some barrel distortion around 35mm, but
thats typical of zooms in this focal length. Pop. Photo. (Aug. 95) called it
"one of the best short zooms we have ever tested". I would never trade mine.
Mark Jennings
"Richard F. Man" wrote:
> After a few years of moving to Pentax ZX-5 and the Olympus C-3000 Digitial
> camera, I am moving back to the OM-4T. I am thinking about getting the
> Zuiko 35-80 zoom. Currently I have Tamron SP90 Macro and a Zuiko 24, so the
> zoom is right in the middle. The lens is pretty expensive though, even the
> used one is about $900.
>
> Any thoughts on the "worthiness" of spending $900 for this used lens?
>
> // richard http://www.imagecraft.com
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