Joel,
Keep us informed. Sounds promising and provides yet another reason for me to
hold onto mine pending the day I go over to the dark side. Besides, 70-160
covers three of my favorite prime focal lengths: 80, 100, 135, and gets close
enough to a fourth, 180, for guvmint work.
Walt
--
"Anything more than 500 yards from
the car just isn't photogenic." --
Edward Weston
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From: jowilcox@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> Quoting Walt Wayman <hiwayman@xxxxxxx>:
>
> > Mentioning what I wouldn't sell mine for got me to
> > thinking. I don't read the digital stuff all that
> > thoroughly, so I may have missed a tidbit or two here and
> > there, but I don't recall any of you pixelheads talking
> > about using the analog Zuiko zooms on either an E-Thing
> > or even an off-brand DSLR, like a C-Thing. I would've
> > thought the 35-80/2.8 Zuiko would be a natural,
> > considering its reputation for quality.
> >
> > Exactly why is that? Don't any of y'all have one? If
> > someone would like to donate an E-Thing for a few months,
> > I could check it out. :-)
> >
> > Walt
>
> I suppose I haven't done more with it because it becomes
> the equivalent of a 75-150 (not literally, but you know
> the lens I'm thinking of), which was never one of my
> favoriate lenses, and it's very heavy for the mount in
> cases of tripod shots, when the 14-54 covers a lot of the
> range very well and is much lighter. I think the E-1
> mount is fully up to the weight. I don't know about the
> Canyons but might be concerned about the mount on the d-
> rebels.
>
> It is on the to-do list however. I did a little
> comparison of the 35-80 at the long end at the same time I
> was trying out the 90/2. I just enjoyed using the 90/2 so
> much that I didn't really get back to the 35-80/2.8.
>
> The one thing I recall specifically is that color balance
> was very good, requiring no special fooling around to
> trick the camera's WB settings -- a Good Thing IMO.
>
> Joel W.
>
>
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