"D. Glenn Arthur Jr." quipped:
>John Francis commented:
>> Mike Johnston observed:
>> > The quality of ALL 28-200mm zooms is poor. It's too extreme
>> > a range and the market demands a small size and low price.
>> > It's possible to design a GOOD 28-200, but it would be
>> > the size of a fast 400mm and cost as much as a used car.
>> Canon do a 35-350 variable-aperture zoom (a 10x zoom range, even
>> more than the 7x of a 28-200). And while it is at least as large
>> as a 400/5.6, its 'only' somewhere around $1700 street price.
>
>Yeah, and that's as much as I've ever paid for a car (and a *lot*
>more than I've paid for most).
Anyone whose car cost more than $1700 isn't spending nearly as much on lenses as
they might be...
;-)
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