no way, the primes? 24 28 35 40 50 55 85 105 135 200 300 11 primes are going to weigh more than 3 or even 4 zooms if you don't go for superfast zooms. jco
-----Original Message----- From: alex wetmore [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2004 4:43 PM To: Pentax discussion Pentax discussion list Subject: Re: What's the best zoom(s) for M42? On Thu, 1 Jul 2004, Sid Barras wrote: > Well, I'm getting less and less inclined to lug around the entire SMC > tak prime lens collection these days... So, I'm wondering, to all the > screwmount afficanados, I ask the question: The best (available, > anyway-- I intend to seek and buy the lens) zoom lenses for M42. My > requirements would be two or three good quality zoom lenses in screw > mount to cover the 28 (or 24 if I'm really fortunate) to 300 or so > zoom lenses. It wouldn't have to be one of those 28-300 mega zooms > like the tamron K mount I've got. It could be two three or four even > lenses that together would cover that range. 4 zooms covering that range in K mount would be about as heavy as the primes covering that range, if not heavier. alex
