"My gosh these days half the pictures are taken on cell phones." Annoying, isn't it? I can carry a cell phone but not a compact camera. Why is that? Most people don't care enough to do so, but I do value IQ. I know there are compacts the same size as my cell phone.
On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 5:41 PM, Don Guthrie <[email protected]> wrote: >> 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? >> Message-ID: >> <[email protected]> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 >> >> 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 > > -- > 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.
