I've had my 18-250 for a couple of years. I tend to leave it mounted on a camera so that no matter what photo opportunity presents itself I've got a lens of a suitable focal length. But if I actually knew what I was going to be shooting, I'd throw on a prime of the length that I need. I just didn't think of the 18-250 as fast or sharp enough. It certainly isn't as fast as I'd like, especially at the long end, but I seem to keep getting some of my best shots with it. For example, my shot in Augenblick was taken with it, because at the time, it was my widest lens.
Last weekend I was the photographer at a dance workshop. Thursday through Saturday I was mostly getting shots of the whole class. On Sunday I had the 18-250 on my K-x and Frank's 10-20 on his K20, but spent most of the day zooming in tight to get portraits of one, or two people, usually while they were dancing. It certainly helped that one wall of the room was mostly windows, which gave wonderful lighting for the photos. Two of my favorite photos of the weekend were taken on Sunday with the 18-250: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/4900643578/in/set-72157624757360002/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/4900061449/in/set-72157624757360002/ I may have to stop equating it with that big ugly screwdriver in my tool box which is never "the right tool for the job", but so often the tool that I use because it's hand and it'll do the job well enough. -- Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est -- 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.
