Here's an example. I want a nice zoom at Disneyworld because my primary goal is not to take pictures but I don't want to miss good shots by walking around with a prime that is just too long./short. Also, it's sometimes hard to change lenses in a crowd, as I discovered last year when I dropped my FA 20-35. No question that for quality I use the FA135 or FA50. Sometimes, however, "convenient" is more like "realistic". I guess what I'm saying is that it's appropriate to use a snapshot zoom for taking snapshots. Of course, we're not talking about really high quality zooms like the DA* 60-250, which si as good as a prime given the eyesight of a normal human ;-)
On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 11:07 AM, Darren Addy <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 3:50 PM, Peter McIntosh <[email protected]> wrote: >> Oh - totally uninformed banter also most welcome... :-) > > Good, because I'm FULL of totally uninformed banter - just ask my wife. > > No personal experience, but in my opinion lenses like this are > designed for people who are allergic to changing lenses. In exchange > for that "convenience" you give up speed AND optical quality (there > must be a compromise in IQ for that kind of a focal length range. I > suppose it depends on your priorities and pocketbook. The one rating > on Amazon gives it 4 stars, and the reviewer prefers primes for IQ > over convenience. It might be good for taking into a harsh environment > (like Burning Man or something) where you purposely do not want to be > changing lenses for sensor-protection reasons. But other than that, I > just don't think I'd even want a lens of this range - unless perhaps i > was buying it IN PLACE of the kit lens. > > -- > 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. > -- Steve Desjardins -- 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.
