On Fri, Aug 26, 2005 at 07:05:24AM -0600, Schlake (William Colburn) ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> It comes down to the purpose of the lens. Consumer lenses are made > small, light, and cheap while a professional lens is made to be an > excellent optic. Those two paradigms are at opposites ends of the > design philosophy so they can't overlap. *sigh* Unfortunately that's pretty accurate. What I'd want though is small and light with excellent optics. Yes there're such in the short prime category, but I want something to shoot birds with when hiking in the wilderness, and I can only carry so much... on top of a tent, food for a week &c the 100-400L does begin to feel rather heavy. :-( -- Tapani Tarvainen * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
