hey, welcome to the list.
John Hermanson
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631-424-2121 http://www.zuiko.com
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----- Original Message -----
From: JOHN SCHEUERER <jhs8956@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, March 11, 2000 7:44 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] (Fwd) Anybody Used any of these Lenses or know anything
about?
> Hi! My name is John and I'm new to the web.I bought the Samyang 18mm- 28mm
> f4.0 last summer from Cameta Camera for $150.00.I like shooting wide angle
> occasionally and this lense was reasonably priced for my OM2000 + highly
> rated.I saw somewhere a reference to a test in Pop Photo which was done a
> couple years back on this lense but have sinse lost the month/year. If I
> come across it again I'll send it to you. Meanwhile
> I've been shooting on a regular basis with it. My humble opinion on the
> lense--it's great.I mostly complain about not having a wider flash in low
> light areas because of occasional vignetting. outdoors on sunny days or
well
> lit indoors it performs just fine. I may pick up a Zuiko 18mm someday,but
> for now, this will do swell.Here is a portion from the lense pamphlet.
"The
> 18-28mm automatic two-touch lense has two rotating rings on the lens
barrel
> which performs both zooming and focusing operations. it is a true zoom
lense
> which means that focusing can be done at any focal length without having
an
> effect on your focusing as the lense is zoomed to different positions.For
> most critical focus with these lenses,your lense should first be set to
the
> longest focal length of the zoom range[28mm],focused to the sharpest image
> in the view finder and then zoomed back to the desired composition.The
> larger image and shallower depth of feild at the longest focal setting in
> the zoom range will help you to get more critical focusing. Naturally,your
> lense may be focused at any point within the zoom range,but focusing at
the
> shortest focal setting and zooming up should be avoided unless focus is
> re-checked before shooting." By the
way
> it's an 18 to 28mm f4.0 to 4.5 and it also says phoenix/samyang on the
edge
> of lense hood . It has ft and mm markings and half click f stops and as
> viewed through the viewfinder also focuses clockwise to infinity. I think
> that it is a very well built lense. Heavy! cheers!
>
> >From: "Giles" <cnocbui@xxxxxxxxx>
> >Reply-To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >Subject: [OM] (Fwd) Anybody Used any of these Lenses or know anything
> >about?
> >Date: Sat, 4 Mar 2000 17:45:02 +0000
> >
> >------- Forwarded Message Follows -------
> >Date: Sat, 04 Mar 2000 10:06:30 -0800
> >From: Dan Boardman <doberman@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >To: owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >Subject: Anybody Used any of these Lenses or know anything about?
> >
> >Phoenix 100mm-500mmf5.6(OM)(Highly Rated)(Boxed/New/U.S.A. Warranty)
> >$339
> >
> >Samyang 18mm-28mmf4.0(OM) (Highly Rated)
> > (Boxed/New/U.S.A. Warranty) $149
> >
> >
> > Sun 38mm-90mmf3.5(F3.5 Throughout) Macro(OM)(Mint-) $25
> >
> >No they aren't the beloved Zuikos.....but for the money does anybody
> >know if they are decent or not. The 100-500 sounds real interesting. No
> >nothing beats the Zuikos but the money is a killer!
> >
> >Any comments or thoughts welcome
> >
> >Dan Boardman
> >
> >
> >
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