Never seen that particular lens. I had a 35~105 years ago that I really liked except it was pretty heavy. My biggest problem is at my age the AF is almost a requirement anymore :-)
Walt On 3/10/08, J. C. O'Connell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have been using for about a month now the SMC PENTAX-A 24-50/4.0 > Zoom almost exclusively ( mostly product photos for ebay on > tabletop ) on my *istDS DSLR. Its a two ring zoom so you never > get any annoying "zoom creep" and it holds focus perfectly > when zooming. The F4 speed is a little slow but the lens is so > contrasty that its easy to focus at 50mm ( I use a split image > screen - third party model - in my *istDS ). Anyway, after you > figure in the 1.5X lens factor you are left with a 35mm SLR > equiv of 36mm to 75mm which is a very versatile "super normal" > lens. This model is extremely contrasty, great color saturation, > and freedom from flaring. It works beautifully for tabletop > product photography. I have never needed wider or longer, as it > has a pretty decent magnification at 50mm and min focus. The constant > aperture (F4 thru the zoom range) is great when using manual full > power flash like I like to do. > > Anyway, if you do a lot of ebay or similar product photography for web, > I recommend this lens very highly. Much more versitile than a > prime or macro 50mm with the 24m capability. > > I must add I have never used the stock 18-55mm that was sold > with the camera, but I doubt it can match this lens, let alone > beat it. Maybe it can? Anyone ever compared the two in the 24-50mm > range? > > jco > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
