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Re: [OM] Any problems with Zuiko 50-250?

Subject: Re: [OM] Any problems with Zuiko 50-250?
From: John Hudson <OM4T@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 04 Apr 2009 21:42:57 -0300
CH ............. as usual, very engaging and interesting photos.

Are you shooting freehand or are you using a monopod?

jh


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "C.H.Ling" <ch_photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, April 04, 2009 9:38 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] Any problems with Zuiko 50-250?


> Yes, the bokeh of the 50-250 is not that pretty:
>
> http://www.accura.com.hk/temp/IMG_2808.jpg
>
> It is okay if you can avoid a busy background and shoot at the long end:
>
> http://www.accura.com.hk/temp/IMG_2774.jpg
>
> The edge to edge sharpness of the 50-250 at all focal lengths make it a 
> good
> lens for landscapes.
>
> Tamron 70-210/3.5 and 60-300 are the lenses I would like to try but at
> the monent I have a 65-200 waiting to test :-)
>
> C.H.Ling
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <USHER99@xxxxxxx>
>
>> Thanks Chuck, Moose, CH, Nathan,
>>
>> No news is good news.  Perhaps JH will chime in.  The price of  this lens
>> really has fluctuated.  It was listed at $800 USD at KEH less  than 2
>> years ago,
>> now I see one
>> at 300 in EX condition.  Jeff grabbed one for cheap on yabe and sold  it
>> to
>> me at cost, though it benefited from a CLA with John and has been  fine.
>> Not
>> sure what these reports on FM are about--rear element  issue.  I checked
>> mine
>> last night--seems OK.
>>
>> I totally forgot a similar Tokina existed until Moose mentioned it.  I
>> think
>> the Zuiko
>> goes to 1:5 thereabouts at the 250 mm.  I remember CH bokeh tests  and 
>> the
>> Z.
>> 50-250 which can be busy, and can't say I've ever tried a  macro with it.
>> Perhaps at that FL the bokeh will be better.  I  usually have a macro 
>> lens
>> with
>> me, but I have on rare occasion been caught  short--errr, should say 
>> long.
>> Dean likes the Tam SP 60-300 on the autotube for a butterfly  kit.
>>
>> Mike
>
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