Hello, All.
Recently, with so many weddings, birthdays, and graduates of late, I've
been using my ist-D moreso for snapshots than for anything else. In doing
so, I've tried to travel light, using the DA 16-45mm lens more often than
not.
The trouble comes in when I try to use the built-in flash: not enough
flash coverage. That is, the flash can't make it over the lens barrel, and
so I get those horrid lens shadows that I'm guessing we've all seen
before. From there I either end up switching to the 50mm 1.7, or mounting
a flash. The 50mm is a nice lens but really isn't the right angle as an
all-the-time-lens on the ist-D (for my usage, anyway). And the shoe mount
flash makes me look crazy at casual outtings [it defeats the whole point
of the ist-D being small].
So here's the question...
What are my options if I want to stick with an inexpensive but decent zoom
for casual snapshots for which the ist-D actually has sufficient RTF
coverage? More spefically, would the FA 18-35 fit the bill? How about the
DA 18-55? The bottom line is that I want the option of using the full
range of the lens WITH built-in flash. And while we're on the topic, do
these two lenses absolutely stink, or would you dub them as reasonable for
snapshots from your personal experience?
I guess a shorter prime is also an option... but that would cost
significantly more than I'd want to pay for snapshots.
Thanks in advance for your input.
- Jerome
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Jerome D. Coombs-Reyes, Ph.D.
Norfolk State University, Math Dept.
http://math.nsu.edu/Math/faculty/jreyes/jreyes.htm
http://exposedfilm.net
