CH ............. as usual, very engaging and interesting photos.
Are you shooting freehand or are you using a monopod?
jh
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From: "C.H.Ling" <ch_photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, April 04, 2009 9:38 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] Any problems with Zuiko 50-250?
> Yes, the bokeh of the 50-250 is not that pretty:
>
> http://www.accura.com.hk/temp/IMG_2808.jpg
>
> It is okay if you can avoid a busy background and shoot at the long end:
>
> http://www.accura.com.hk/temp/IMG_2774.jpg
>
> The edge to edge sharpness of the 50-250 at all focal lengths make it a
> good
> lens for landscapes.
>
> Tamron 70-210/3.5 and 60-300 are the lenses I would like to try but at
> the monent I have a 65-200 waiting to test :-)
>
> C.H.Ling
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <USHER99@xxxxxxx>
>
>> Thanks Chuck, Moose, CH, Nathan,
>>
>> No news is good news. Perhaps JH will chime in. The price of this lens
>> really has fluctuated. It was listed at $800 USD at KEH less than 2
>> years ago,
>> now I see one
>> at 300 in EX condition. Jeff grabbed one for cheap on yabe and sold it
>> to
>> me at cost, though it benefited from a CLA with John and has been fine.
>> Not
>> sure what these reports on FM are about--rear element issue. I checked
>> mine
>> last night--seems OK.
>>
>> I totally forgot a similar Tokina existed until Moose mentioned it. I
>> think
>> the Zuiko
>> goes to 1:5 thereabouts at the 250 mm. I remember CH bokeh tests and
>> the
>> Z.
>> 50-250 which can be busy, and can't say I've ever tried a macro with it.
>> Perhaps at that FL the bokeh will be better. I usually have a macro
>> lens
>> with
>> me, but I have on rare occasion been caught short--errr, should say
>> long.
>> Dean likes the Tam SP 60-300 on the autotube for a butterfly kit.
>>
>> Mike
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