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From: "Moose" <olymoose@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> >Bernard Frangoulis <lists@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >Was the Tokina SZ-X 60-300mm f4/5.6 ever made in OM mount? And has
> >anybody experience with this lens? Not many compact 300 mm solutions
> >in OM mount ! (except 135/2.8 or 180/2.8 + 2xTC, if this is compact !)
> >
> 300mm, speed and compactness don't really go together, as a matter of
> physics. The 300/4.5 is realy pretty compact for what it is. Non of the
> third party majors made a slower 300mm, all f2.8.
>
> Moose
>
There is a Tamron SP 300mm f5.6
< http://www.hemy.me.uk/Miscellany/TamronMFLenses.htm>
(316g lighter than the SP 60-300, but nearly same size, except 58mm filter )
I've never paid much attention to it but it showed up fairly often when I
was
looking for the 300/2.8.
-jeff
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