I really struggled with this earlier this year.
I settled on the A 28-135 f4 as the mainstay zoom. Color rendition and
flare control and very good, sharpness is fine at f 8 and f11, but the
corners get a astigmatic look at f4 and a little at f 5.6. I also carry a
Vivitar Series 1 19-35 and
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From: Tom Rittenhouse [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wed, 05 Sep 2001 16:36:22 -0400
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Subject: Re: Best Zoom lens
Get the Tokina, you won't be disapointed.
--graywolf
David J Brooks wrote:
A store in Toronto has these 2 lenses(used
A store in Toronto has these 2 lenses(used )for sale.
Do they fall into the really good catagory??::In your opinions?
Tokina pka 80-200 F 2.8 $259 us
Tamron 80-210 F 3.8/4$162 us
Dave
I've decided to stomp my 28-200 Pentax lens to dust.
The lenses I considered were: the highly regarded
For certain purposes, the FA 28-200 does quite nicely. It's a nice lens for
outdoor portraits, an application where the utmost in sharpness is not
always desireable. There are some very nice pictures taken with this lens
that are in past PUG submissions. If you can't get what you want selling
Not sure if they are AF or MF.The site just lists the
equipment breifly with price and contact info.
Thanks William
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From: William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 09:28:14 -0600
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I already have most of the primes to cover
these ranges, but there are times when you
don't want to lug 4 lenses with you, which
is why I want a nice crisp zoom.
T,
I've grown to like the A35-105/3.5 zoom. With a M20/4 and a M200/4 you have most
everything covered with a light kit.
I have very similar feelings about my 28-200 Pentax, plus I was annoyed from
the start with the cheap feel/build quality of the lens. When I updated to AF
in 1997, I thought Great! I can carry just one lens now., but soon found
that wasn't true. At infinity focus, it's more like 180mm, while
after spending the last few days scanning all my slides from my summer
hols, I've decided to stomp my 28-200 Pentax lens to dust.
I had the Tamron version of that lens. i just sold it, rather than stomping
it to dust, but I know what you mean.
Currently, my thoughts would be:
Tamron 24-135
Currently, my thoughts would be:
Tamron 24-135 (I've read some rave reviews about this lens, and my
experience with tamron is quite good to date - the 90/2.8 macro is awesome,
as is the 20-40 zoom)
Pentax 35-1?5 (Cant remember which one this is (105 or 135?), but I've seen
quite a few people on
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