Ken Ford
Refuses to suffer fools
While reading up on short teles I started noticing decent comments about a few of the Olympus 35-70 zooms. I'm not much of a fan of zooms in general and of 1970s-1980s zooms in particular, but it could be a damn convenient single lens to carry on days I don't want to have a full kit with me. (My normal RF kit is a 35mm and a 75mm.)
I see four (?) different MF models that were offered by Olympus:
* 35-70/3.6 constant (f/3.6?!?!?)
* 35-70/4 constant
* 35-70/3.5-4.5 variable
* 35-70/3.5-4.8 variable (Cosina made?)
Are any of these worth considering for a walkabout lens? A few people on pNut are big fans of the 3.5-4.5 version, but I figure y'all have some experience, too.
I see four (?) different MF models that were offered by Olympus:
* 35-70/3.6 constant (f/3.6?!?!?)
* 35-70/4 constant
* 35-70/3.5-4.5 variable
* 35-70/3.5-4.8 variable (Cosina made?)
Are any of these worth considering for a walkabout lens? A few people on pNut are big fans of the 3.5-4.5 version, but I figure y'all have some experience, too.