On Sat, Feb 25, 2006 at 12:37:04AM -0800, David wrote: > 6) I don't have a single AF lens with a faster f stop than 3.2. Guess I > can't shoot action anymore :-(
That's the most ridiculous "complaint" in the diatribe (although, I admit, there's some pretty tough competition). Once you get out beyond 100mm, it's hard to find anybody with a lens that's faster than f2.8 I think I've seen some of them listed at B&H, but I've never seen one in the field. I've seen lots of 300m/f2.8 and 400mm/f2.8 lenses (and 600mm/f4), but nothing faster than f2.8 For shorter focal lengths it's very common to see the 80-200 and 28-80 zooms, most of which again are only f2.8. In fact I probably see as many of the great Canon 35-350 superzoom, and that's not even f2.8. Then, of course, there's the really short stuff - 12-24/f4 zooms seem very popular with APS-C sensors. And that's just the big-budget, full-time professional shooters. Among the part time, advanced amateur or semi-pro guys there's a good scattering of 100-300/f4, 80-400/f5.6, and the like. And I still like my 250-600, even though it's only f5.6
