The problem with most of those extended zoom range zoom lenses is that they do a lot of things OK, but nothing really well. They also tend to be slow and have more geometric distortion/flare than moderate zooms or primes. They are good for grab shots when you really don't know what to expect and don't/wont have time to change lenses, but other than that, I don't want to use one when I do have the time to change lenses for the reasons mentioned above. I mean, if they were really as good as a pair of moderate zooms or several primes, they would have all taken over the world by now and they certainly havent (yet).
-- J.C. O'Connell (mailto:[email protected]) Home Page - www.jchriso.com Join the Audio CD PLAYER DISCUSSION list - http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cdplayers/ -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of P. J. Alling Sent: Sunday, August 02, 2009 1:04 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: I've made a lens decision I shot and posted this a couple of days ago. The Pentax version isn't that horrible. http://files.getdropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20tutu.html I still want to replace my two zoom kit with something better, because of it. but in bright light so you can stop down a bit it's not that bad in a pinch. Larry Colen wrote: > On Sat, Aug 01, 2009 at 06:36:22PM -0400, John Sessoms wrote: > >> I have a Tamron 28-200 that is just a terrible lens. >> > > It was one of the first, if not the first, lens I bought for my K100. > I picked it up at B&H for a lot less than I expected. After I got my > 18-250, I was having problems with the 18-250 misreading the focal > length and had to send it in for repair. The 28-200 was so bad I used > the Pentax 28-80 I had gotten in the meantime and would crop rather > than use the 28-200. > > I'm very happy with the 18-250 as a "ready for anything" lens. > > > -- The free man owns himself. He can damage himself with either eating or drinking; he can ruin himself with gambling. If he does he is certainly a damn fool, and he might possibly be a damned soul; but if he may not, he is not a free man any more than a dog. --G. K. Chesterton -- 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.
