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Originally Posted by wilfredo
What's the story on the Leica D Vario-Elmar 14-150mm F3.5-5.6 Asph. Where is this lens selling?
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I have read that of the three "mega zooms" available for 4/3rds, the Vario-Elmar is the best. While I have been fascinated by these 10X zooms, I have stayed in the 4X or less zoom range, because I feel that there are too many optical compromises. Zoom lenses are strange birds with sweet spots for sharpness and bokeh usually occuring at several spots, bur rarely coinciding. They are fun though. My 4/3rds lenses are all ZDs, 11-22mm, 14-54mm, 50-200mm, 35mm & 50mm. All but the 35mm are weather proof, if that is a feature you would want. I also use OM and Leica R lenses with adapters. Because I am viewfinder sensitive and like 100% VFs, I have gone for the E-1 & E-3. They are also best with focusing manual legacy lenses with the factory focusing screen. The price for being picky is size and weight. The E-1/E-3 about the size and weight of the old Nikon F2.
Bob