On May 22, 2007, at 8:53 AM, David Savage wrote: > I could discern the poor quality of some of my lenses after a few > rolls of shooting with them when I first got "serious" about > photography.
Being a bit fussy, I don't think I ever bought a cheap lens to begin with, so it took me a longer time to see the benefits of a higher end lens. > ...or you want a lens faster than f2.8. Yes, that's part of the critical evaluation that says you can discern the difference. ;-) On the other hand, most of the better performing lenses in the world aren't faster than that anyway. >> On the other hand, far be it from me to discourage a little "lens >> buying addiction". There are worse addictions in the world. > > I've always hated that stupid term. I think it is stupid but funny. "Always" is a bit over the top, though, as it has only been around for a year or two far as I can recall. It's a silly as "enablement". Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
