On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 12:08:47PM +0100, eckinator wrote: > 2010/2/26 John Francis <jo...@panix.com>: > > > > The DA* 16-50 is [...] quite > > good fairly close up, too - in fact it's easier to fill the frame with a > > subject using the 16-50 than it is with the 50-135, because quite often > > the minimum focussing distance of the 50-135 can be the limiting factor. > > if you want to shoot kids up close with the 16-50 better have a smear > cleanable filter on - lens to subject at closest distance on mine is > so short a big dog could almost lick the front element... and kids' > arms are longer than big dogs' tongues... ]=)
If I want to shoot kids up close I find that a .22 is a better choice ... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
