If I had my choice, I'd buy the 35-70/3.4-4.5 rather than the 35-70/4. Both
are fine lenses, but the 3.5-4.5 is so much smaller and lighter, about the
size and weight of the 50/1.4.
Tom
> At 11:52 AM 6/26/00 +0300, you wrote:
> >Hello...
> >I read this digest and I liked the feeling of you talking like good
friends.
> >So I decided to introduce myself. (My English is not perfect though, so
> >forgive any mistakes :-) )
> >...
> >My name is Jordan, I live in Greece and I am newcomer in the Olympus
family.
> >O.K. , all newcomers ask questions... so here is mine:
> >I can afford one more lens right now, and I think I will like the 75-150
f:4
> >Zuiko. (I miss my teles a lot)
> >Tell me about this lens... I read that it's compact and reasonably light,
> >but what about the quality? Should I go for the 100 f:2.8 instead? What
> >about this one?
> >In fact I am already bidding on one of them, so, any fast answer would be
> >very useful.
> >
> >o.k. this email finally became longer than I intented.
> >bye for now...
> >Jordan.
> >jordan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
>
> Hi Jordan,
>
> Welcome to Olylust. Your English is great so don't worry about it - my
> Greek is non-existent.
>
> I use the 35-70/4 regularly on assignment for several magazines. the range
> is useful, weight and size acceptable (although something lighter and
> faster would be nice) and the images the lens produces are great. Not sure
> what pricing is like these days but check out Skip Williams site as he
has
> a full breakdown on recent eBay averages.
>
> Will surf your site a little later.
>
> Barry H
>
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