[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I am thinking of getting the DA 50-200mm. [...] I know it is what > one would call a "consumer zoom," so I am wondering whether it is > really worth it. Soft at some focal length, at some aperture? What > is your opinion of it, if you have it?
I've been very pleased with mine, especially paired up with the 16-45/4, on both the *ist D and the K10D. I shoot it more at the long end than the short, and I haven't noticed any particular softness. But I don't typically go searching for stuff like that, either. If there, it surely hasn't been enough to rise to the level of noticeable in normal processing of the photos. > The one advantage is the 50-200 is cheap and the newer lenses that > will come out will be pretty expensive. Yep, I'd really like the 60-200 (?) SDM/HSM/SSM/whatever that's coming leter in the year. I'm not sure I'm going to be able to swing the cost, though. -- Thanks, DougF (KG4LMZ) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
