IMO, the Tamron is the equal of the Zuiko's at equal apertures. But it
certainly comes at the expense of a monsterous weight penalty. Where most
modern zooms fall down is in maximum aperture, IMO.
The interesting E-System news is that the two new Digital Zuikos 35-100/2.0 and
14-35/2.0 will change much of the bias. But again, you have to give up
something, and that something is weight and size. These two lenses are big
suckers, fully equal to their 35mm f/2.8 counterparts. They will come with big
price tags too.
In the end, it's nice to have choices. The newer zoom lenses offer many
choices, mostly centered around weight/size vs. flexibility vs. maximum
aperture compared to high-quality primes.
Skip
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Subject: [OM] Re: Digital primes
From: hiwayman@xxxxxxx (Walt Wayman)
Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 23:39:46 +0000
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
>I once was a prime lens snob myself, never owning any sort of zoom for still
>photography for many years, although all the while using various Angineaux
>zooms on 16mm motion picture cameras. But that was my job.
>
>Optical technology advancements interfered with my prejudice, and today I
>occasionally carry a kit consisting of only zoom lenses: 19-35/3.5-4.5
>Phoenix, 35-80/2.8 Zuiko, and 80-200/2.8 Tamron SP. As much as I hate leaving
>behind 21/2, 35/2 50/2, 100/2 and 180/2.8 Zuikos, I'm not at all sure I could
>tell any difference in the end product.
>
>Tempus just fugits right on, whether we keep up or not.
>
>Walt
>
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