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Re: [OM] 50-250 F5

Subject: Re: [OM] 50-250 F5
From: "John A. Prosper" <prosper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 12:01:30 -0400 (EDT)

On Mon, 12 Oct 1998, Jim Loudon wrote:

|
|KEH in Atlanta (www.keh.com) has one listed for US$650 in their
|most recent catalog.  It's the first sales listing for this lens
|I've seen anywhere in quite some time.
|
|You're right, they are _rare_
|
|As to performance...I traded email with an owner of one.  He
|claimed he sold his 60-200 f/4 Zuiko after seeing the results
|from the 50-250.  I've never seen the results from either, so I
|couldn't say...

For what it's worth, Olympus techies rated the 35-70/3.6 and 50-250/5
as their two best zooms, respectively.  Of course, that was before the
35-80/2.8 was available. 



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