I'm dithering right now between these three lenses : The Voigtlander 75/2.5 (manual focus), 289+50$hood at CameraQuest the SMCP-FA 28-105 3.2-4.5, 210$ at B&H the SMCP-FA 24-90 3.5-4.5. 430$$ at B&H.
B&H has 300US$ of my money right now, as I missed out on the 35/f2 stock*, so the 24-90 is only another 130$ - that's cheap! :) I'd love to hear from anyone who has the 24-90 - *is* it worth the premium over the 28-105? the comments at Stan's (http://stans-photography.info/) are mostly positive, but don't answer my questions. Does anyone know of any lens tests of either of these? jp * I'm a patient person, but they've had my money for a month now and can't tell me when or if I might see a lens. (During which time I've acquired two lenses from eBay - A 50/2, and a Tamron 70-300) maybe I should get the FA 24/2 in stead of the 35/2? AARGH. too many lenses, going away too quickly! On Wednesday, April 20, 2005 8:20 PM Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > >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 >> > >
