It is the biggest, heaviest international shipment I've ever made and
very relieved it got there safely (and in just 5 days). Thank you for
the business and I am glad you are thrilled with the lens. It IS a
monster.
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John Hermanson | CPS, Inc.
21 South Ln., Huntington NY 11743
631-424-2121 | www.zuiko.com
Olympus OM Service since 1977
Gallery: www.zuiko.com/album/index.html
Dawid Loubser wrote:
> My eyes have just been opened to what exactly is possible at f/2.0.
> Yes, I am the new owner
> of John's 250mm f/2.0.
>
> I first thought about describing the joy of actually receiving this
> lens, and it's physical
> attributes. I *really* used to think that Canon's L-series primes were
> "it" in terms of build
> quality, but the Zuiko is something else. Wow.
>
> The lens, as well as metal case, is honestly a bit smaller than what I
> expected. It's still
> a beast, but it's a very, very dense, and thus not huge, 4kg beast.
> The photographs on John's
> site also did not do it justice. Apart from the couple of paint nicks
> on the hood, it's spotless.
> It's unlike anything I've ever seen or held before. The glass is
> gorgeous, and impossibly
> large - perhaps because it's a shorter, stubby lens that the front
> element(s) "look" so much
> bigger than a 500mm or 600mm f/4 lens'.
>
> But in anyway, what such an object is really about, of course, is not
> collecting for
> beauty or rarity's sake, but for using! (I will *never* collect!)
> So this morning I set out with my OM-1 loaded with a roll of FP4, and
> took a couple
> of images.
>
> I currently do not own a workable tripod, and the monopod was at home,
> so I hand-held all
> the way. It's very heavy, and will certainly build muscles, but I can
> take it. I did used
> to walk around with a C*non 1D Mk IIN and a EF 28-300 L, the
> combination having a
> not-too-dissimilar weight.
>
> These are two random ones which I printed in the darkroom a couple of
> minutes ago (5x7in)
> and prints scanned with a V700. I refuse to scan 35mm black+white film
> ever again, it absolutely
> sucks - so the other images will be slow in the coming when I get time
> to print again.
>
> Both images taken at f/2.0 and 1/1000s:
>
> http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs51/f/2009/317/c/e/Bert__s_Tub_by_philosomatographer.jpg
> http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs50/f/2009/317/9/d/Patched_and_Scraped_by_philosomatographer.jpg
>
> On the first image "Bert's Tub" every last detail of the tyre tread
> and chains, in the
> very bottom left corner, is crisply rendered. The Zuiko 90/2.0 Macro
> is good (and I can't
> say anything about drawing character yet after so few images, and the
> Macro's drawing character
> is gorgeous) but there is no question that the 250/2.0, even wide
> open, is probably as good as
> any lens I have ever seen (at any aperture).
>
> But the best part about using it? The smoooth and well-damped internal-
> focusing system. I absolutely
> hate handholding the 300mm f/4.5 with its kludgy focusing, it's better
> on a tripod. The 250/2.0
> is an ergonomic joy to use, boat-anchor-weight notwithstanding.
>
> This lens and I are going to become good friends.
>
> John Hermanson, thank you for making a very long-term dream of mine
> come true, by
> offering it for sale at a reasonable price. I won't lie, the price
> still hurt,
> but opportunities like this only come along ... oh wait, never - and I
> am prepared
> to have a lean month or two for this sort of long-term joy.
>
> It's quite nice to cover focal lengths from 24mm to 250mm at f/2.0. To
> be honest,
> I was looking for a 180/2.0 [John's sold extremely quickly] but,
> weight apart, I
> am happy with my choice.
>
> I do not yet have enough evidence to wax lyrical about this lens like
> I can about the 90/2.0,
> and we shall still see if it has the *soul* of the 90mm, but boy, this
> lens sure has everything
> else - it's mind-blowing-ly, staggeringly amazing - image and build
> quality.
>
> Now to figure out how to eat for the rest of the month... :-)
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