> 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?
The mirror slap and the motor drive makes noise _after_ you took the shot. The
rabbit may run away then...
>
> 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?
The ED glass, maybe?
--zs
