When I got my ZX-5N, I chose a Tamron 28-105 as my all-around lens. I liked its build quality, autofocus speed, and the fact that the front element did not rotate. What I despised about it was its "ability" to produce glare even, with hood on, when sun was anywhere within 90 degrees of front element. While I liked it for B&W, I found color contrast to be lacking.
So I sold the Tamron and bough the Pentax FA 28-70 f/4. Small, light, sharp, no flare to speak of. But the range is limited, its a pain to use a polarizer and a screw-in hood is not much fun to use. The distortion is not its best characteristic, but its OK for my landscape shooting. Now come the new 28-105 f3.2-4.5; pretty fast, light, IF, hood, ghostless coating. Looks like I'll be upgrading again! But I want a black version, not the silver one, and as usual, the black is not available in U.S. Albert - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
