In my most humble opinion, f/4.5 is not particularly fast. In fact, while it's not uncommon with zooms that go all the way to 350 mm, it's considered "fast" simply by comparison to other 350 mm lenses! Use fast film and don't particularly worry about it.
It might be more difficult to focus with an aperture that slow, but if you don't have problems with the focus at f/4.5, then there's no problem at all! <g> keith whaley KANGA wrote: > > there is one on ebay > is it a good zoom > i notice it is fast 4.5 that is good?

