06-25-2011, 10:00 PM
[quote name='popo' timestamp='1308998551' post='9513']
Olympus SLRs are a dead system. I wouldn't buy it new at this point, and since no one else did previously they're not common used either. I used to have their 4/3 70-300 lens and from memory that didn't appear to have any particular sealing either. Don't recall there being anything else in that area?
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The 70-300 is a consumer line lens. You need the better lines. The 50-200 would fit your bill. How much life is left in the system is indeed a question. So far only the lower bodies have been discontinued. The E-5 and the lenses are available from new. There have rumours about an E-30 update earlier this year, but so far nothing much has been announced.
For Pentax the DA* lenses are typically also sealed. The DA* 60-250/4 might be of interest. Klaus seems very fond of it.
Olympus SLRs are a dead system. I wouldn't buy it new at this point, and since no one else did previously they're not common used either. I used to have their 4/3 70-300 lens and from memory that didn't appear to have any particular sealing either. Don't recall there being anything else in that area?
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The 70-300 is a consumer line lens. You need the better lines. The 50-200 would fit your bill. How much life is left in the system is indeed a question. So far only the lower bodies have been discontinued. The E-5 and the lenses are available from new. There have rumours about an E-30 update earlier this year, but so far nothing much has been announced.
For Pentax the DA* lenses are typically also sealed. The DA* 60-250/4 might be of interest. Klaus seems very fond of it.
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