> On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 8:48 PM, Stan Halpin > <[email protected]> wrote: >> When I came back to photography after a several year hiatus and some >> flirtation with video, I moved from a ME-Super to a PZ-1p very fine >> autofocus capable 35mm camera. The one new lens I bought was the PZ FA >> 28-105. It was/is a very good lens. If/when you actually need a lens with a >> broad zoom range, this is one to consider. Don't be put off by the >> gimmickry. After the first day I never used any of the special modes others >> have described, and seldom used the Power zoom feature. You can ignore all >> of that added stuff, don't bypass such a quality lens if you you ever see >> one for a decent price.
On Sep 22, 2010, at 11:27 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote: > I'm with Stan on this. When I bought a PZ-1, it came with a crappy PZ > FA28-80. I quickly gave up using it and went back to prime lenses. 3 > or so years ago, I got the PZ FA28-105 and was very pleased. It's a > good lens. I wish that I would have bought the more expensive > FA28-105 originally. It would have improved my results considerably. > Yes, the old lens had a power zoom feature. Forget about it and just > use the manual zoom. Thanks, Bob. I'll keep it in mind. For now, I'll be taking Stan's other advice. Sincerely, ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Weir Decatur, GA USA [email protected] -- 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.
