>Date: Sun, 29 Nov 1998 12:24:37 -0800 (PST)
>From: Rolland Elliott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Why does anyone need a 28-70mm AFS lens? [v04.n141/2]
>Message: 2
>
>What applications and subjects would justify the use of a 28-70/f2.8
>AFS lens? Does anyone really need a silent wave motor at these focal
>lengths? At two to three times the cost of the current version?
>Maybe I'm just being pessimistic, but I don't think this new lens is
>going to focus that much faster then the old versions made by Nikon
>(or Tokina or Sigma), expecially on a professional body like the F100
>or F5. And as far as noise is concerned doesn't mirror slap and the
>motor drive cause a lot more noise then the AF motor?
>
>Don't mean to start a flame, but to those of you that are saving up
>the cash for this lens....Why do you need it?
>
>Peace Rolland
>
I've wondered the same thing. I'm saving my pennies for the new 80-200
2.8 AF-S lens for the ability to utilize it with the TC-E 1.4 and TC-E
2.0. The draws of the 28-70 for me are the fact that it's wider than
the current 35-70 2.8 and would have 77 mm filters to match my 80-200
and 85 1.4. I haven't had any problems with AF speed with lenses
around normal so the AF-S doesn't have any appeal on it's own.
Bill
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