----- Original Message ----- From: " W. Krasowski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Is one f-stop worth thousands of dollars?
> Hello to everyone, Hello Waldek:) It's nice to meet another PDML-er from Poland. Where are you from?:) Let me invite you to http://www.pentax.osw.pl (unless, of course, you already know it:)) > Another thing that makes me very surprised is that lenses as fast as 2,8 are > thousands of dollars more expensive than 4,5 - is this one f-stop really worth > so much money? Especially when I can get this one "f-stop" buying faster film. This is an interesting point. Actually having a faster lens is worth extra money but the question is if this have to be *so much* extra money. I think the fastest lenses are destined to be sold to professional photographers working for agencies or something - anyways to those who can easily afford them. For us amateurs there are different lenses and if we want to have the fastest stuff, we need to pay "professional" price:) One of the application of having one f-stop extra is when we want to use a teleconverter with a given lens and still be able to see the scene and focus properly (or have enough light for the AF to work). Regards Artur ***************r-e-k-l-a-m-a************** Chcesz oszczedzic na kosztach obslugi bankowej ? mBIZNES - konto dla firm http://epieniadze.onet.pl/mbiznes
