Thanks Leon. Glad to hear you are enjoying this lens. Did you buy it with your *ist D, or later on?
Thanks for the offer too, next time I am down that way I'll look you up. But it won't be for another 6 months or so! Maybe we could organise a Melbourne PDML meeting? Cheers Shaun Leon Altoff said: > On Tue, 18 May 2004 15:22:52 +1000 (EST), Dr. Shaun Canning wrote: > >>Has anybody got/used the new 16-45mm DA F4.0? What do we know about it? >> > > Shaun, > > I have one. I like it a lot. It is the lens I leave on the *istD as > it covers a very useful range. Optically it's good, though I haven't > done any real comparisons. Build quality is good even though it's > plastic. I like the fact that you can override the autofocus with this > lens, though I've never actually used the feature. > > It has relegated my FA20-35 to the storage cupboard as it works fine on > a 35 mm camera above 20mm. The only thing stopping me from selling the > 20-35 is my wife having an MZ-3 and using aperture priority most of the > time. > > Next time you pass through melbourne let me know and you can have a > feel of it. > > > Leon > > http://www.bluering.org.au > http://www.bluering.org.au/leon > > >
