Message: 9
Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2011 13:22:01 -0500
From: Steven Desjardins <[email protected]>
To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: New Pentax 18-135: any experiences?
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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 ;-)
I have to vote with Steven on this one. My maim prime is Pentax 21mm and
I put that one when I am sure it right like at a street fair or
landscapes. But if I am setting out to look for subjects I pop on the
Sigma 18-200. Now I carry a small bag with other lens and I am covered
from 10mm to 200 including my nifty 50 manual.
Changing the lens in the field is no picnic. Lens caps and lens mount
caps & lens hoods seem to get misplaced and at some point the camera
sensor or at least the mirror is open to the world and retouching dust
spots is not my favorite thing.If one of the primes or the wide angle
zoom is needed I don't hesitate to switch but a lot of days the wide to
tele zoom gets me by.
Image quality is best on the my primes but usually good enuf on the
zooms. Tripods monopods bracing myself and using fast shutter speeds
evens out the IQ. My gosh these days half the pictures are taken on cell
phones.
That's my opinion others are entitled to theirs. Thanks for listening ...DG
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