I doubt it. I've got several power zoom lenses (including the 28-105, which is my walkaround lens on the *ist-D), but I don't think I've ever used any of the extra features. I sometimes used the power zoom, rather than manually zooming the lens, but even that is not possible on the *ist-D.
I really like the 28-105, but that has very little to do with the fact that it's a PZ lens. And in any case my criteria are very different from yours - I prefer longer focal lengths most of the time, and am often satisfied with an aperture of f5.6 or so. I don't think the lens offers you anything; if you want a zoom in that range, the latest Pentax 28-105 is faster, and IIRC Godfrey for one has good things to say about it. On Tue, Jun 20, 2006 at 10:37:24AM -0700, Shel Belinkoff wrote: > I pretty much agree with you Peter. If I'm going to use a heavy lens, then > let it be fast and constant aperture. I don't see a need for a power zoom, > but who knows, maybe I'd like it if I tried it. > > Shel > > > > > [Original Message] > > From: P. J. Alling > > > It's this one Shel, with the Power Zoom feature. > > > > http://www.bdimitrov.de/kmp/lenses/zooms/short/FA28-105f4-5.6-i.html > > > > It's supposed to be quite good. However I'd never even considered it > > since it's quite heavy and not very fast for all that extra weight, with > > a variable aperture. If I'm giving up a fixed aperture I would want a > > zoom to be very small and light as well. Just as an aside my favorite > > Pentax Zoom is the 20-35 f4.0 followed closely by the 28-70 f4.0, > > unfortunately the latter is becoming extinct due to lens element > separation. > > > > Shel Belinkoff wrote: > > > > >What is the PZ 28-105? I don't see it listed on Boz's site. > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
