Paul, Pretty tall order. I guess the first thing to think about is if you really feel a hole in your lineup. Fill that in first. Next, if you are going to go with an *ist D, then you will be deficient on the wide end. Sigma makes a wide 14/2.8 that should work nicely on the *ist D.
For me, I like wides and portrait lenses. If you've never tried the FA *85/1.4, it a real beauty for portraits. Bruce Tuesday, May 27, 2003, 2:07:05 PM, you wrote: PE> The last couple of weeks I've been contemplating my lens purchase/use PE> philosophy. Right now I'm in a financial position to purchase PE> cameras/lenses, this will change about 12 months from now. Right or wrong I PE> want to equip myself with the cameras/lenses I'll be wanting/needing for the PE> next couple of years, maybe even five years. This is why I'm planning to PE> get the ist D to complement my ZX-L. Now to the hard part, what lenses do I PE> want/need? I do basically all kinds of photography except for wild life. PE> Right now I feel that I have it pretty well covered with 24, 35, 50, 100 PE> macro & 70-210mm. The way I see it my first priority should be a 24-90 or a PE> 200 prime? Also the is the focal length extension of the ist D to think PE> about, in which case I'd want a 16 with regular filter threads, does anyone PE> make one of these for k-mount? The closest that I've found is the MF Tokina PE> 17 3.5. Ok, after all this rambling comes the real question. That focal PE> lengths do you use, how much (%) and for what kind of photography? PE> Thanks for your patience PE> Paul PE> _________________________________________________________________ PE> Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. PE> http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail
