I broke down and
sold my entire Olympus camera and
lens collection. My thinking was simple - I had a number of
cameras and lenses that I did not expect to ever use again. It
didn't make sense to leave them sitting in a case in the closet when I
could convert them to cash and purchase a lens that I would use.
And so I did... This lens takes the place of half-a-dozen cameras,
two motor drives, and ten lenses so I sure hope it performs!
In the past I
have bought cameras and lenses that while first quality, were
compromises in one way or another. When I was contemplating this
purchase I considered a couple other lenses that were slower or took a
smaller filter, so I could leverage my existing filter.
In the end
I decided to get the faster lens, in the latest design, and purchase the
polarizing filter that I would need for the new size filter mount.
I am now looking around the house to see what I can pull together and
sell to pay for the EF 70-200 2.8 L II IS USM...
The sample images
at the top of the page were made with this lens on 3/14/2010.
There appears to be great potential for some nice landscapes from this
lens!
