Be patient and look for an SMC F 28-80 f 3.5/4.5 zoom. Built like a tank and good optically. Only negative is rotating front element.
Robert ----- Original Message ----- From: "alex wetmore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 9:48 PM Subject: Giving up on the FA 28-70/4 > Some folks might remember that I discovered two elements of my FA 28-70/4 > were coming apart, making it unusable. > > I picked up a replacement on eBay and found that it is in the early > stages of the same problem. It is being mailed back to the seller. > > Sadly there don't seem to be any great replacements to consider. The > Tamron 28-75/2.8 Di XR seems to be highly regarded and is very small > for a lens of that length, but is more than twice the weight (510g > vs 240g) and a lot more expensive. > > The 24-90/3.5-4.5 seems like a reasonable compromise, but they are > still pretty expensive. > > Any other suggestions? This will be for a *ist D. It won't get tons > of use but I find this focal length to be fairly useful for certain > types of events. > > Is the FA 28-105/3.2-4.5 any good? > > The only other moderately fast lens in this range seems to be the > Sigma 28-70/2.8-4. At $119 (bhphoto) I can't really imagine that it > is very good. Comments? From photographyreview.com it sounds like > there is a lot of distortion at the wide end. > > alex >
