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Subject: RE: [OM] dissenting fellar
From: "Ron Spolarich" <caesar2@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 18:58:38 -0400
What lenses was this village idiot referring to?  The only Zuiko lens I've
ever owned that perhaps incorporated plastic in its construction was the
35-70mm F3.5~4.5. Maybe you oughta shake his brain and see if IT rattles!

RonS

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> ==start quote==
> All of the smaller Zuiko lenses (the 200 mm f/4 on down) share the same
> chintzy plastic construction.  If you shake one, it rattles like a child's
> toy.  The aperture ring has a loose, imprecise feel to it; I'm always
> afraid I'm going to break one off.  Ditto for the spindly little
> depth-of-field preview button.  At their price levels, you cannot expect
> Zeiss or Leitz quality from the Zuiko lenses, but they could have been
> designed with more ruggedness in mind.
> ==end quote==
>
> Anyone else agree or disagree? I've yet to /see/ a Zeiss/Leitz lens, let
> alone use one. Since I don't have the comparison, the Zuikos I have seem
> sturdy enough.
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> /Acer V
> --
> If you can kick it, it's hardware.
> If you boot it, it's the OS.
> If after you boot it you want to kick it, it's Windows.
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