Where can you find a good 28-105 - they are all a bit soft at the long end? The 3.5-4.5/24-90 Pentax is sharp and the focal length range is extremely useful. If I had money left from my recent acquisitions I�d check the Sigma 2.8/24-70 EX - all the lens speed you can get is good to have. All the best! Raimo Personal photography homepage at http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho
-----Alkuper�inen viesti----- L�hett�j�: Keith Whaley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Vastaanottaja: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> P�iv�: 05. tammikuuta 2003 8:24 Aihe: Re: A or M 1.7 Vs. 1.4? >Of course. >Your comments are why there are so many choices of zoom lenses out there! >I feel the same restrictions, but I'd feel even more with a stock 50mm >lens. On both ends... >I suppose a very good 28-105 would be a LOT closer to my more usual >needs, but even if I could find one, I might well find it a >compromise. A little too big, a little too heavy and a lot too much money... > >Most likely there is no perfect lens for "most situations." Trouble >is, we can always think of new situations that slightly exceed the >current lens capability. ;^) > >keith > >Fred wrote: >> >> > I always used to use the zooming with my feet technique, but found >> > my diminishing nimbleness and creaky knees preclude a lot of the >> > very akward positions I used to get into when I was gathering >> > photos on site... This little [35-70] zoom goes a long ways toward >> > making that a pleasant pastime again! >> >> Actually I find that a 35-70 zoom is a little constricting - I often >> want it to go a little longer here, or a little wider there, etc. >> Because of that, I still end up "zooming with my feet" somewhat. >> However, the ability to do some framing/cropping by zooming with the >> lens does cut down a bit on the footwork - i.e., I still have to >> "zoom with my feet" a bit to get approximately in the right place, >> but then I let the zoom lens take over for the final framing (as >> opposed to footwork followed by some "touch-up footwork"). >
