On Oct 21, 2005, at 9:17 PM, Jarek Dabrowski wrote:
5) the 18-55 is not a bad performer; it just isn't quite as good
as the others.
Well, I think it can easily compete with 20-35/4, nobody is
inspecting photos at 100%. It is maybe a bit worse than 20-35, but
for sure not 4 times worse as the price is :)
There are reasons I don't like the DA18-55:
- slow at nearly any focal length greater than 20mm ... It's at f/4.5
most of the time.
- very slow at 55mm (f/5.6).
- low contrast wide open.
- rendering quality in OOF is pretty bad.
The last is the killer for me. The 20-35 is a wonderful lens, with
excellent rendering, and is contrasty even wide open: easy to focus
manually. For me it is worth the money ... it's my most-used lens.
Godfrey
