On Mar 30, 2009, at 21:26 , Larry Colen wrote:
Until I got the DA40, the "daily driver" lens that lived on my K100Ds was the 18-250. I find it to be astonishingly sharp for such a versatile lens. If I knew what I was going to be shooting, I'd put on a prime, or my bigma, but the lens that lived on the camera so it would be ready for almost anything was the 18-250.
I keep the same lens on one of my K20s. But I find that for action shots of dogs in the park, it has a big problem focusing UNLESS it's a sunny 16 day, when it can perform beautifully. It's that ƒ6.7 aperture when it's extended to 250mm. I usually keep the aperture prioritized to ƒ6.7 so the camera will operate more quickly with less to do. ƒ8.0 in bright sun gives me 1000 of a sec at ISO 400.
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