Comments on: Fast Telezoom Lens Reviews

By: Corsi fotografia

Corsi fotografia — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 05:22:01 +0000

I own and use the Nikon 70-200. Well is really a nice lens well stabilized a liitle bit heavy for my neck but i truly reccomended it.

By: Don Richardson

Don Richardson — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 17:21:59 +0000

Here is the link to the Olympus 50-200 review on photozone. All the people at the 4:3rds forum I go to love this lens and there are many fine examples of it’s sharpness and quality. I wish I could afford the new SWD lens and the E-3. Olympus anounced that they had broken all records for fast auto focus with this lens and the new E-3. Sound good to me.

http://www.photozone.de/8Reviews/lenses/olympus_50200_2835/index.htm

By: macdane

macdane — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 15:43:33 +0000

I have a couple of concerns with this. The first is just an echo of what others have said about the Olympus lens. I had that one prior to moving to Nikon and it was a stunning lens. I’ve never known anyone with that lens to find it lacking, so I’m curious if they had a bad sample.

Second, if value for money is a factor, I can’t imagine how the Nikon 80-200/2.8 was left off the list. Although lacking Vibration Reduction, it’s optically every bit as good as my 70-200 at a huge cost savings. On top of that, it’s an ergonomic joy as it feels better in the hand than any other telephoto lens I’ve used. By comparison the 70-200 feels clumsy and unwieldy. Just my 2 cents.

By: Heikki Kultala

Heikki Kultala — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 11:56:42 +0000

Wonder what was wrong with their ZD 50-200..

photozone.de:s review of 50-200:

“The Olympus 50-200mm f/2.8-3.5 ED offers a very good build quality combined with a very good optical performance. The lens is sharp throughout the whole range and the level of distortions is perfectly fine for a zoom. Its only weak point is vignetting at large aperture settings at and beyond 100mm. At about 1100EUR/900US$ the lens isn’t cheap in absolute terms but still worth it!
“

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 01:15:09 +0000

Pentax 50-135 f2.8 – not many reviews around for it. I have a superb example (though I tried all that the store had in stock and took the best one). It’s a good substitute for the 70-200 used in 35mm days, and goes from Good at f2.8 to Outstanding at f4 and smaller. SDM (Pentax’s HSM or USM) is only marginally faster than the screw-drive focus mechanically, but the AF system is far more decisive with good quality glass up front, and had no trouble what so ever with motorsport photog at a rally this weekend just gone. A must-have for the pentax K10D or K100Dsuper owners out there.

By: Jack

Jack — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 22:05:19 +0000

What do people think about the last-place finish of the Olympus 50-200mm lens in this mixed field? Is it a competent review?

I’m concerned because I’m thinking of buying an Olympus E-3 system, including the updated (SWD drive) version of this lens.

I’m in California and so far haven’t been able to get my hands on a copy of the review to find out more about how it was conducted.

By: ny156uk

ny156uk — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 21:07:14 +0000

I think – excellent. I would love to see more of this, lens reviews etc but not over the top in detail just basic ideas. Good post

By: George Anchev

George Anchev — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 19:26:49 +0000

I would like to say that this is an absolutely biased information. Zuiko is a perfect quality lens – much better than some of the models mentioned here.

By: Luke

Luke — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 18:37:44 +0000

I have owned the Canon 70-200 f/4 (non is) and it was a great lens! I started doing the occasional wedding and concert and really needed the extra light and IS!! So I upgraded to the 2.8 with IS. I have taken shots that I never would have been able to do with any other lens! I recommend it to anyone who has the cash (or can save up for it!)

By: woorzel

woorzel — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 17:33:44 +0000

that’s not a review, that’s an AD!
we don’t mind the links to amazon if you at least put up a bit of effort and write a half decent review, but this is pushing it..