alex wrote: >Compare it to a full frame 14/2.8 lens and you'll see that it is >small, light, and cheap. http://www.tamron.com/lenses/prod/14mm.asp >shows the Tamron 14/2.8 as weighing 661g and being 89mm long and 87mm >in length. The DA 14/2.8 is 420g (about 30% lighter) and only 69mm >long and 83mm in diameter.
>On the other hand you can rejoice that a 50/1.4 (which has the angle >of view of a 75/1.4 in 35mm) is so nice and light. That's true. Even better still an A135/1.8 becomes a 200mm/1.8 - much smaller, faster and lighter than a "real" 200/2.8. Pity I don't have a 135/1.8 and can't afford one! ;-)
