>>3250701I got mine for £290. The cheapest I saw one go for was £225 and I was kicking myself because I had a slow connection and the confirm bid page didn't show quickly enough. The thing about the 3.4/35-70 is that it's really quite small, much smaller than a modern 2.8/24-70 and basically just as capable. Add to that that it's very sharp at 70mm wide open and satisfyingly sharp at 35mm (matching sharpness requires stopping down to 4.5 - half stops are recognised on C/Y SLRs.) At 5.6 (tele) and 7.1 (wide) it'll outresolve 24mpx. Zeiss' coatings are also worth mentioning, they're definitely special. I'll append a sample to this.
