I only shoot with plain mattes these days (Beattie) but I'd imagine
focusing would be an issue with the 85-250mm under low-light conditions
using an Olympus 1-x screen. The lens has fairly good resolution (not much
distortion throughout) nevertheless and I doubt if focus will be your major
problem with the f-stops you will be bound to use. Contrast-wise it's not
too shabby for its class. Gary has tested this lens. His results can be
found at:
http://members.aol.com/olympusom/lenstests/default.htm
I like it, mainly, and I'm not much on zooms. It's just about as ungainly
an object as I'd care to carry with me, yet as it does afford a very
useable focal-length spread I take it out occasionally. You sure won't
mistake it for a wide-angle lens with regards to weight and balance, though!
Tris
This group will undoubtedly have some opinions on this topic.
I've been considering a particular range of zoom and know (from paper
knowledge) of three quite different models that strike me as interesting
and not too impossible to find used. So, I'm looking for advice and
insights. I've not (yet) had the pleasure of looking through any of these
three, so insights on these along with suggestions for others that cover a
similar (or better) range and are also optically sound would be appreciated.
Zuiko 85-250 f5
Pro: about 250nger on the telephoto end, for only the loss of
2/3 of a stop in light. Separate zoom ring (I like that, actually)
Cons: Heavier, slower and won't go quite as short as the
65-200. Looks to be quite a bit pricier than the 65-200 as well?
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