I had one of those in years gone by - returned it to B&H after trying it for a few days. Optically it was fine - but it was quite heavy for the speed of the lens. It was too slow for my tastes and too heavy for what it was.
-- Bruce Tuesday, June 20, 2006, 11:12:41 AM, you wrote: JF> I doubt it. I've got several power zoom lenses (including the JF> 28-105, which is my walkaround lens on the *ist-D), but I don't JF> think I've ever used any of the extra features. I sometimes JF> used the power zoom, rather than manually zooming the lens, JF> but even that is not possible on the *ist-D. JF> I really like the 28-105, but that has very little to do with JF> the fact that it's a PZ lens. And in any case my criteria are JF> very different from yours - I prefer longer focal lengths most JF> of the time, and am often satisfied with an aperture of f5.6 JF> or so. I don't think the lens offers you anything; if you JF> want a zoom in that range, the latest Pentax 28-105 is faster, JF> and IIRC Godfrey for one has good things to say about it. JF> 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
