No, the opposite. I put up $200 and the Tamron and got the Zuiko.
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>Subject: Re: [OM] ...Tamron 28-105/2.8 SP .....
> From: "Tom Scales" <tscales@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 05:46:17 -0400
> To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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>You traded your 28-105 and got a Zuiko 35-80 and some cash! Wow!
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>Tom
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>> I had this lens for about a year before I traded it for a 35-80/2.8 +
>cash. It makes great pictures, but it's quite a big, honking lens. 82mm
>filter! The zoom range was always a plus, especially the 28. It has a
>unusally small focusing ring, as it's primarily an AF lens. It also grows a
>LOT (~3x) when zoomed out, which makes it quite large at 105mm, especially
>with the tulip hood. In general, I found that it was too large to balance
>well with the svelte OM bodies. As with many newer lenses, it also felt
>very plasticy. At the indoor functions where it excelled, it tended to
>overwhelm my subjects; I got a lot of "Wow, look at that lens." comments,
>which isn't what I wanted. My Leica M's or an OM with a small prime are
>much better at stealthy photos.
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>> Skip
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