The DA 50-200 is an excellent consumer zoom. It performs far better than its price or even its build quality might suggest. I've said that here many times. I've used it for magazine event shoots and numerous other jobs, and it has always come through for me. A few examples follow. http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4527737&size=lg http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4409012&size=lg http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4527667 http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4357521&size=lg http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3569814
BTW, the DA 12-24 does not extend at either the wide end of the range or the long end. It is apparently of a completely different design than either of the lenses that Shel mentions. In build quality, it is notably superior to both. Paul On Sep 21, 2006, at 9:57 PM, Shel Belinkoff wrote: > I wish I had a lot of great news to report, but I was only able to > use the > lens for a short while. The owner of the lens had to head home > before I > could really give it a workout. > > First impressions: Nice and light, easy to carry around, quick to > focus. > Build quality seems pretty good for an inexpensive lens. Image > quality > seems good, but I just didn't get enough shots to arrive at a definite > conclusion. However, along with the 16-45, the two may make a > great travel > combination. I'll have to spend more time with it to see just how > good it > is optically. It seems to be acceptable based on some of the Q&D > snaps. > > One complaint is that when zooming the lens it extends like the > 16-45, and > I'm not real thrilled about that. This "feature" made me wonder if > there > are zoom lenses that don't do that, and do all the moving of the > elements > internally. I guess you might call it an "internal zoom" > > > Shel > > > > > -- > 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
