Actually, a 300/2.8 and a 600/5.6 (not 6.5) are still very fast glass......a
600/4 is REALLY fast glass.
Bruce Kolber
St. Petersburg, FL 33715
USA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Brokaw" <jbrokaw@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2001 1:29 AM
Subject: Re: [OM]Zuiko 600 f5.6 on eB*y !!!!
> on 7/25/01 10:42 AM, Bruce Kolber at bkolber@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> > fast lens!
> >
> > Bruce Kolber
> > St. Petersburg, FL 33715
> > USA
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "mike m." <mnmitch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2001 7:23 AM
> > Subject: [OM]Zuiko 600 f5.6 on eB*y !!!!
> >
> >
> >> This one just popped up on eB*y.Now talk about RARE.
> >> Wonder how long it will take to correct the typo?
> >>
> >> http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1258743642
> >>
> >> later,
> >> mike m.
> >>
>
> We know this is a typo, but what do you think Olympus would be making if
> they were still serious about the OM series...? At the motorcycle races I
> saw a guy with a N*kon 600/4.0 (mounted on a big-honking-heavy-duty
tripod)
> up at the corkscrew at Laguna Seca. I wouldn't want to try to carry all
that
> gear from the parking lot... Much better to figure out how to get inside
the
> fence.
>
> Olympus would figure out a way to have it be 600/3.5 and weigh 1/3 less,
be
> smaller and sharper to boot! But it would cost $14995 :-(
> --
>
> Jim Brokaw
> OM-1's, -2's, -4's, (no -3's yet) and no OM-oney...
>
>
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