> Isn't that a great lens, the A28-135/4! Yes, indeed.
> It stood up to all sorts of abuse whenever I became caught in rain > or snow or whatever. It does appear to be a very rugged lens - it seems to be "built like a tank". Of course, it weighs about as much as a tank... <g> > I really enjoyed the fact that it had separate rings for zoom and > focus. That is the one feature that I don't care for - I really do prefer "one touch" zooms, myself. > But these days my interests go to anything less than 28mm or over > 135mm--or that can focus to within 6 feet. Well, you can take along just an A* 300/4 and an A 20/2.8 with your 28-135 (or some other similar "prime" strategy), and you're then pretty much ready for most anything - <g>. > It does have a macro setting, but I only had mixed luck with that > feature. Er, well, um, yes, the so-called "macro" function is a bit of an embarrassment on the the A 28-135/4 (as it is on so many of the so-called "macro zooms"). But, no lens should ever be perfect - otherwise we would not be able to continue to enkindle such high levels of lens lust in the future - <g>. Fred
