I think 180 for a 65-200 from KEH is very fair, you
also know that the quality will be good if you get
from KEH, unlike e-bay where Like new can be anywhere
from like new to very poor quality. I personally
haven't used this lens so I'll let others comment on
optical quality. Finally its pure BS when people say
Zuikos aren't easily the equal of current Canon or
Nikon (esp Canon :). Current autofocus lenses are all
plastic and I don't really trust them. If you wanted
to get something other than OM I'd go for a Nikon MF
like the F3, unless you want to get bogged down with
thousands of those wonderful "features" that read like
a laundry list. This is all IMHO. I love the OM system
so light and crisp and simple :)
Mark Lloyd
--- Bob <bokap1@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I just ordered this lens from KEH today for around
> $180 with shipping. I
> had posted about not using my Olympus OM 2n in many
> years. I had the
> camera cleaned but my 200 f4 had fungus that can't
> be cleaned so I
> decided on the zoom. Any opinions on this lens. Did
> I make a good
> choice, was the price fair? I want the lens for
> general photography,
> mostly taking pictures of my son, his friends and my
> wife. Back in the
> early 80's when I was using my camera I got a lot of
> good pictures from
> the 200 f4. I read somewhere that the Zuiko lenses
> were considered top
> level when they came out but now they are not
> considered equal to the
> top Nikon and Canon lenses. Is this true or false. I
> had been toying
> with the idea of buying a new Canon so I could have
> auto focus but since
> I already had my OM2n I decided to use it instead of
> buying a new
> camera.
> Thanks and happy shooting,
> Bob
>
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