Thanks Godfrey, I have the F35-70/3.5-4.5, I like it a lot, also the FA (Tamron) 28-105/4-5.6, another pretty good one. I'm trying to put together a kit of primes to force me to think a bit more about composition, position, FL choice, etc. As I've mentioned before, probably before you joined the list, I'm a lot better at fixing cameras than I am at using them. ;-/ I've developed a lot of horrid habits like depending on the camera and zooms to make a good photograph. My use of M and screw mount primes slows me down a bit. It's a bit more work so I pay more attention. Now that I have the D and even film/processing fees are gone I tend to takes 100s of 'snaps' instead of a few 'photos'. Gotta work on that.
Don > -----Original Message----- > From: Godfrey DiGiorgi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 7:20 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Filling the 50-85mm gap. > > > For me, what fills that gap is either an FA28-105/3.2-4.5 or > F35-70/3.5-4.5. > > I know: you were looking for a prime ... but there aren't a lot of > primes in that range. > > The 28-105 is a very sweet lens, I'm liking it a lot. I am told the > FA24-90 is even better, but at double the money I wonder how much > better it really is. > > Godfrey > > > On Apr 20, 2005, at 4:17 PM, Don Sanderson wrote: > > > Any suggestions, other than the 77Ltd. (Which I can't afford) > > for manual focus primes to fill the gap between 50 and 85mm? > > I'm good down to 16mm and up to 400, but 50-85 is a pretty big > > hole, and I'd rather not fill it with a zoom. > > I was thinking of the K35/2 with a good 7 element 2x but I hate to > > do that to that nice lens. ;-/ > > > > Don > > >
