There is one advantage to the extra light a faster lens lets in; the af has more to work with, and is therefor faster and more accurate, even if you're shooting stopped down in auto.
On Dec 17, 2010, at 16:11 , Cotty wrote: > On 17/12/10, paul stenquist, discombobulated, unleashed: > >> An f2.8 lens that isn't sharp until f5.6 offers no real advantage. > > That's the most important thing to consider. Absolutely no point in a > 2.8 lens of this zoom range if you're not gonna use it! And when you do, > if it sucks, you'll be forever kicking yourself that you didn't go for > the other one ;) Joseph McAllister [email protected] There is no off position to the genius switch. Genius can, however, be observed as insanity. -- 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.
