My opinion FWIW:
I owned a 250/2. It is a spectacular lens. I sold it to a former list
member in England who, unfortunately about a year later, reported to me that
it had been stolen.
I sold it only because I found a deal on a 350/2.8, I wanted the additional
tele of the longer lens and my wife, bless her heart, would not let me spend
the $$$s on the new big one unless I sold something else. Oh well, gotta
compromise sometime.
The 350 is also a great lens, but I think the 250 is a bit better, for what
they so. Course I now have a 500/4 when I pop the 1.4 on. And the 2x is
actually quite useable on the 350. In fact I have stacked both at once
giving pretty darn good results as a 1000/8.
One last possibility no one else has mentioned: the Zuiko 180/2. It is also
truly spectacular. I've got one that had been converted to work on Leica
bodies. Jan Steinman will remember this lens. It is my lens in Gary Reese's
tests. Unfortunately, it could not be converted back to work in
auto-stop-down mode as a Zuiko lens. (I got a partial rebate from seller
when this was verified.) So I can't use it on manual on my 4T unless I use
an external meter. But it works fine with the camera set to auto since the
exposure is OTF. Course, I have to stop it down manually. All that said, I
love the lens and with the 1.4 I have a 250/2.8 combo that works great.
So:
180/2
250/2.8
350/2.8
500/4
All Zuiko. What a way to go!.
George
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Mike Veglia
> Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2003 11:57 AM
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [OM] a purely hypothetical question... -not- OT!
>
>
> In a message dated 1/9/2003 Bill Barber writes:
>
> << As I put on my flame proof suit, I share my thought or perhaps my
> solution . . . Tamron SP 180mm f2.5, 300mm f2.8 & 400mm f4 with
> 1.4X and 2X
> converters for less $ than the one "Big White". >>
>
> No nomex suits require, you make a good point. Except (you knew that was
> coming) You would have to find really screaming deals on the Tamron trio
> plus converters and even then I'm not sure it would be less $. The SP400/4
> is especially hard to find a good deal on. From my perspective, I would
> prefer to carry the 350/2.8 Tamron SP80-200/2.8 and a couple
> converters than
> the trio you mention above from a size and weight perspective in
> the field.
>
> My total investment for a 350/2.8, 1.4XA, Tamron SP 80-200/2.8 and Tamron
> 140F is less than $3k total. The 180/2.5 is reputed to be spectacular, but
> the 80-200/2.8 is as well, and is more versatile.
>
> However, where the Tamron trio you mention really shines is that
> with an AI
> mount you could use 'em on a Fuji S2 body and not be scrounging for
> vaporware OM to EOS adapters that may, or may not, work on an EOS D body.
>
> Mike Veglia
> Motor Sport Visions Photography
> http://www.motorsportvisions.com
>
>
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