You might look at the following site for opinions on third-party lenses:
http://people.smu.edu/rmonagha/third/cult.html
Another interesting site for opinions on lens testing in general is:
http://cameraquest.com/lenstest.htm
HTH,
Bill Stanke
----- Original Message -----
From: "Arild Eikenæs Vengen" <arild@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, July 06, 2002 7:05 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] How to find cheap replacement OM-4?
> Bill Stanke wrote:
> > John's right; "inexpensive" is a better term.
>
> You are absolutely right, I did in no way mean to imply that OM-cameras
> are cheap.
>
> Thanks alot for the links and e-mails, the OM-4 at usedphoto.com looked
> interesting.
>
> > You can often find inexpensive third party lens for the OM system that
> > perform well. I'm thinking Tamron, Tokina, and Kiron specifically.
They
> > will be larger and heavier than a comparable Zuiko. Kiron made a 28 mm
f/2
> > and f/2.8 lens in Olympus mount. I have the f/2 variety, and have been
> > pleased with it. I paid $94 (new) for this lens from Adorama, but they
> > regularly sell for $50 or so on da Bay. I think that I've seen the
f/2.8
> > version go for around $30 or so.
>
> I looked at the Kiron lens at keh.com and found a favourably test, but
> after using the Zuiko 28mm f/2,8 I think I will try to locate either
> this lens or the 24mm f/2,8. The fact that they are smaller (49mm) is
> also nice. But if I choose to go with third party lenses, which are the
> ones to awoid (I for myself has got an extremely bad Tokina 70-210 f/3,5
> in OM-mount).
>
> Thank again for the advice here on the list.
>
> Regards,
> Arild E. Vengen
>
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