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RE: [OM] 200mm F4 / F5

Subject: RE: [OM] 200mm F4 / F5
From: Olaf Greve <Ogreve@xxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 21:25:18 +0200
Hi,

>>>I noticed that over the last two days a lot of discussion is going on
>>>concerning the (supposedly) poor quality of Olympus' fixed length 200mm
>>>lenses.

>The first statement is not quite an accurate summary of the discussion
>however. My experience is that MY 200/f4 can be made to produce results
>that I am happy with, but in very critical situations (mainly slow shutter
>speeds), I have to take more than the usual precautions by using a long
>lens support and my tripod.  Even then, at its sharpest it is not equal to
>a 50/1.8 or 50/3.5 macro, but how many lenses are?  Nevertheless, I am
>satisfied for now with the results of the 200/f4, doing what I am doing,
>and the results are not poor.

O.k., I seem to have expressed myself badly. Basically what I was getting at
was that from the discussion it seemed that the lens produced a bit
dissapointing results (at least that was the way I interpreted it).
Either way, as stated in my original message, I myself have never used the
200mm F4 nor F5 fixed focal length lenses, so I don't know how it
behaves...:/

>Barry, please let us know how you compare the 200/4 and 200/5 after you've
>found your brick wall.

Indeed, that will be interesting...

Sorry if I caused any misunderstandings.

> Cheers,
Olaf



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