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[OM] Re: Tamron 180 SP, was: Zoom Lens for OM system

Subject: [OM] Re: Tamron 180 SP, was: Zoom Lens for OM system
From: "Jeff Keller" <jrk_om@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 04 Dec 2005 12:49:34 -0800
The hood on the Tamron is nice but not near as nice as the Zuiko sliding 
hood.

The only thing I've heard bad about the Zuiko is chromatic distortion. C.H. 
has comments that match my opinion (and he's more careful in his testing).
http://www.accura.com.hk/OM/lenscom.htm

Doesn't internal focusing reduce the focal length for close focusing?

The Tamron is very nice. It is hard for me to say one is prefered over the 
other.

-jeff

----Original Message Follows----
From: NSURIT@xxxxxxx

Selling the 180mm f2.8 was exactly what I did when I got my  Tamron.  It
wasn't that the Zuiko was not a good lens, perhaps it was just  the 
opposite.
Mine was in mint condition, while the Tamron showed a little  wear.  I found
myself not using the Zuiko.  The Tamron does have the  advantage of having
internal focusing and is slightly faster.  Selling the  Zuiko allowed me to 
put that
money somewhere else.  Its departure freed up  the flow.  Hmm, I may need to
get the flow going again.  Bill  Barber



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