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Registered: July 2010
Posts: 391
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Review Date: Sun June 3, 2012
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: $65.00
| Rating: 10
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Pros:
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Very well built, great balance, constant f/5.6 aperture, Made to a higher build quality, all medal casing, Internal Zoom, Close focus to just under 3 feet at 100mm, Sharp at 300mm f/5.6 (Important), f/32 minimum f/stop
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Cons:
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Not in my book
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I bought this lens to use on my Nikon FE and Olympus OMD E-M5, mainly for the E-M5. I wanted a long zoom that I could use for local birding around my areas, but not BIF. And for Zoo photos of the animals. I also needed a lens that similar IQ from 100mm - 300mm and while shooting at f/5.6. This lens DELIVERS !!!
The weight is under 2lbs at 1.7lbs, the all medal casing only adds 1/2lbs from current 70-300mm AF 2 touch zooms. The size is similar to current 70-300mm AF zooms, at 300mm.
You can find this lens from a low that will not be mint, $65.00 to a high of around $185.00 for one in mint condition. Mine at $65.00 has a small filter ring dent that will cost me $10 to get fixed locally.
Oh, one last thing, for a 20-25 year old lens, My Zoom "Does Not" creep at any zoom setting, when facing straight down !! Having a one touch with internal zooming has advantages as far as that goes.
Olympus OMD E-M5 w/ Nikon 100-300mm f/5.6 by Peter Arbib, on Flickr
Olympus OMD E-M5 w/ Nikon 100-300mm f/5.6 by Peter Arbib, on Flickr
Olympus OMD E-M5 w/ Nikon 100-300mm f/5.6 by Peter Arbib, on Flickr
Rural Morresville, IN 6-2-2012 by Peter Arbib, on Flickr
Rural Morresville, IN 6-2-2012 by Peter Arbib, on Flickr
Added 7-02-2012
Indianapolis Zoo 6-29-2012 by Peter Arbib, on Flickr
Indianapolis Zoo 6-29-2012 by Peter Arbib, on Flickr
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