This is my most heavily used 'long zoom'. I use it for soccer photography
and love it. The 5x range is perfect both for close and far shots. The
only negative is the f/5, but for outdoor soccer, it doesn't matter.
Sell one if you must (they are valuable), but keep the other.
Tom
> I was wondering what others think of this lens.
> I enjoy mine immensely, and Gary R's tests seem to indicate that it is a
> solid performer considering its 5x range. On his website, Hanz said the
> lens is sort of a collector's item. Skip's e*ay history shows that it
> commands high prices.
> What are everyone else's thoughts on this lens?
> Of course, my motivation to know is partly driven by the fact that I have
> two (please don't ask why :-). One has got to go, and I'm thinking about
> letting both go since I'm not much of a zoom person on the whole. If I do
> keep one, are their any reformulations? In other words, should I keep one
SN
> over another?
>
> TIA,
> --p.j.
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