> We had a company fun day contradiction in terms.
Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Boris Liberman > Sent: 16 November 2008 04:12 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: Wide zoom (and not zoom) lenses redux > > Well, Christine, I suppose I ought to clarify here. > > Christine Aguila wrote: > > Boris: I don't mean to nit-pick here, and maybe I'm just > reading your > > post wrong, but you seem to assess "any" drawback as a "serious" > > drawback. You'd agree, wouldn't you, that some drawbacks are more > > serious than others? If so, it seems to me the DA 16-45 would fair > > fairly well in lens assessment. Maybe I'm reading your post > wrong. If > > so, just ignore. :-) Cheers, Christine > > I've a Tamron 28-75/2.8 that I bought from a fellow PDMLer > (well, PDMLeress, in fact, but that's beside the point). It > is just shines. It has certain problems as well, but they are > minor. If Pentax comes up with full frame body, all my > problems will be solved then. I will have moderate wide to > moderate tele walk around lens at the ready. > > Above Tamron is the only 3rd party zoom lens that I'd be > willing to put on my bodies knowing that I'd get superb image > quality from it. > > We had a company fun day just several days ago. Unfortunately > the other photo fellow ;-) couldn't bring his wide angle lens > (Nikon 12-24 or something like that) due to battery problems > with his camera. So I shot some very fine images, but no wide ones. > > That's why I am started again on my search for a wider lens. > > So in a sense, I am looking to replicate speed, sharpness, > low distortion (at 28 mm cropped it is not difficult though) > and AF precision of Tamron 28-75/2.8. > > Boris > > > -- > 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. > > -- 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.
