90-180 Performance and Availability?

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I know that B&H has this lens so I checked Delta International and did not see it listed. Their price could be around $975 when they get it becuse they had great prices on their 55-100 zoom. Anyone seen any great prices on this lens yet? Any reports on its performance, especially wide open? This lens looks interesting because of its DOF(f/45)advantage over the existing lenses in this focal range.

-- Steve Rasmussen (srasmuss@flash.net), January 20, 2002

Answers

Steve - A Dutch photo mag recently gave a this lens a positive review. They are usually fairly critical. They talk about minimal distortion at either end of the zoom range. Good performance at 90 mm wide open and a vague lighter area in the image center at 180 mm wide open. For best quality shut down 2 stops. It has half stops between f8 and f32. Filter size is 95 mm, so it is provided with a gelatine filter holder. They would have liked to see it focus closer than 1.2 m, but comment that in practice it is fine for studio portraits. They conclude that it is a good purchase for a relatively small investment.

-- Tony Cunningham (cmserv@wxs.nl), January 22, 2002.

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