On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 1:38 PM, Ken Waller<[email protected]> wrote: >> The real advantage to the prime is size and sometimes speed. > > On an individual basis, lens by lens, you're probably correct, especially if > you're only carrying one lens (which I seldom do - I'm usually out with my > full bag of tricks), but considering a compliment of lenses in a camera bag, > zooms definitely offer less weight and carry size as opposed to the range of > prime lens the zoom replaces. > > > Kenneth Waller
A full set of the DA Limited pancakes will be smaller, lighter and cover more range than a DA* 16-50 on its own. While with most system's you'd have a point, Pentax is very definitely the exception due to the DA Limited pancakes. -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- 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.
