Christian wrote: > Adam Maas wrote: >> William Robb wrote: >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> >>> Subject: Re: Next move from Pentax: anyone in the know (even under NDA) ? >>> >>> >>>> We were speaking of Rebel users. I'll bet nine out of ten use autofocus >>>> for everything. >>> So we aren't speaking of people with lenses faster than f2.8 then, are we. >>> >>> William Robb >>> >> Yeah, we are. Canon 50 f1.8's are the cheapest lens in the system, they >> run less than $80 USD new, and are a lens that many recommend to Canon >> owners as a must-have (Sharp, fastish, cheap, a good combo). And they're >> known to throw fits on Rebels with in-spec but marginal AF calibration. >> >> -Adam >> > > I know a lot of digiRebel users... none of them would EVER consider the > 50/1.8. "It doesn't zoom" is the most often heard reason. sheesh. It > is a noisy flimsy little lens, but wow, is it ever value for money. >
I think every digiRebel user I know has one. But both the camera groups I'm part of tend to recommend those things as the first lens to buy after the kit lens. Usually by the 'try mine' method. -Adam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
