Life after the Zuiko 30-100 F2

The Zuiko 35-100 F2 had been one of the reasons that I'd jumped to Olympus in the first place....its huge and hugely expensive but its without doubt the finest lens I've ever owned. It enabled me to put the Olympus cat amongst the Canon pigeons although you still had to work at it. . The 35-100 was last used in anger for the Froch V Reid British Super Middleweight title fight and I put the print below together for Mick Hennessy of Hennessy Promotions who organised the tournament....coincidentally he manages Carl Froch as well.

It was then used outside of the ring for the very last time for the promo shots for Wayne Elcocks world title bid in December last year....the shot is below.

Then it was gone....I had actually sold it....and the Canon and lenses had arrived. It was with a degree of trepidation that I settled on the Canon 17-55 F2.8 and Tokina 50-135 F2.8 combination for the 40D and was very anxious about their performance. Before real testing could even begin the phone rang and I was booked to cover a book launch in Liverpool and turning up with my new bag of tricks set about trying to ensure I got the publisher some good shots. Well the 17-55 is not the 35-100 but its good enough as I think the shot below shows and thats it really there comes a point when "good enough" is all you need.