I like my 50-250mm. It is very compact and has a 55mm filter ring. John
did a CLA and stiffened up the zoom, so now I have no zoom creep. The boken
is different from other Zuikos. It not smooth like the 135mm f.4.5 or 50mm
f2, but I can think of only a couple of photos I dumped due to bad boken.
Here is an example:
http://www.pbase.com/veggie_dean/image/48550837
I believe some of the boken issue come from camera vibration. I had SRB
make a tripod mount for this lens and it really improved the performance of
the lens. I often travel light with the 21mm and the 50-250. Lens speed is
the real negative point of this lens. Forget about hand held photography
with 100 iso film unless you are in direct sunlight. But the image quality
is also pretty good a wide open.
Currently, I am debating whether or not to sell the lens. I picked up a
180mm f2.8 and 1.4xa and it is a nice combo that gets me to 252mm f4. I
have only shoot a couple rolls with the 180, but it seems nice. I think it
will be a great long portrait lens. The jury is still out on the 180/1.4xa
combo image quality. I don't care for the 72mm filter size and weight.
Dean
-----Original Message-----
From: C.H.Ling [mailto:chling@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2005 9:15 AM
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] Re: Zuiko 50-250/5
For long tele, the bokeh quality is not that critical as in many cases the
background are blur enough to soften everything. It is more significant in
the shorter one, a few 50mm I have seen were not perform very well in bokeh
department, like the Zuiko 50/1.2, M*nolta 55/1.2 and Le*ca 50/1.0. The
Tok*na 28-70 SD I once own also had this problem.
On the other hand I won't call the 50-250 a small lens, the 75-150 is much
better for carrying (ok, it has shorter range). The 28-48 is a very nice
lens if you want to travel light. The combination of 28-48 and 75-150 gets a
very good coverage.
Regards,
C.H.Ling
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Keller" <jeff-keller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> My bokeh comment comes from what various people said after looking at
> C.H.Ling's test.
> http://www.accura.com.hk/OM/bokeh.htm
>
> Most of my photography uses hyperfocal focusing or at least I'm trying to
> get as much DOF as possible. I'm not sure I agree with the majority nor is
> bokeh often an issue for how I normally use it.
>
> I've never taken a photo with the 50-250/5 that I thought suffered because
> of the lens. If I carry a long telephoto; Zuiko 400/6.3, or Tamron 400/4,
> I
> almost always carry the Zuiko 50-250/5 in order to keep my bag light
> enough
> that I can carry it. If I'm not carrying a heavy lens I still often take
> it.
> Probably the only time I don't is if I want to have something faster or if
> I
> just want to try something different. I'm not sure I've ever used the
> 50-250
> at 50. I also usually carry a 35-xx zoom.
>
> I very much like the feel of the 50-250/5 ... for me it is a classic
> Zuiko:
> small, built in lens hood, a great solid feel to it. Although I'm hardly
> inconspicuous carrying around a tripod, I don't think people react to the
> 50-250 the way they do to a big lens pointed at them.
>
> For the wide end I love the shift lenses so I can't say anything about the
> 28-48 Zuiko.
>
> If I were trying to go light, I would probably carry a 24/2.8, a 35-70,
> and
> the 50-250. (a 24/2.8 was the first wide angle I owned)
>
> Best wishes,
>
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