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Re: [OM] 180mm f2.8

Subject: Re: [OM] 180mm f2.8
From: "Tom Scales" <tscales@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2002 12:15:55 -0400
I completely agree with your assessment, but my small bag is the 200/5, not
/4.  I find the difference in quality between the /4 and /5 to be
insignificant and the size difference is quite large.  The 180/2.8 and 200/5
combo works best for me.

Tom

> Several months ago, Joel and I got together for a morning of
> moseying around in the prairie with the cameras.  I got to
> borrow his 180/2.8 for a shot, which I also took with my 200/4
> and also the IS-3.
>
> The 180/2.8 was pure joy for focusing.  Wide open, this is one
> very sharp lens and it would "snap" into focus.  The 200/4 kinda
> mushes into focus in comparison.  Stopped down to F8, the images
> were nearly identical.  I wouldn't have been able to pick a
> "better" image from either lens.  At F4 the 180/2.8 won hands
> down.
>
> The IS-3 also produced a very sharp image, but the image was
> completely different.  Bokeh didn't seem natural when compared
> to the zuikos.  Not necessarily bad, just different.
>
> So therefore, which lens?  The 180/2.8 would go in the BIG bag,
> but the 200/4 would stay in the small "grab and go" bag.  Each
> has its place.
>
> For macro work, I prefer the 200/4 because the weight is so much
> less that when on 39mm of extension it doesn't wobble quite so
> much on the tripod.
>
> AG-Schnozz
>



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