Did you have the A version or the F version? I have had both and my A version is better than the F which I sold. Dont forget, I am talking about near range usage and at small fstops like 11-22 because the flash is powerful enough to allow those stops even at iso 200. I have no idea if its any good at infinity or anywhere near wide open, but if used like I am using it, its damn nice, not too expensive, and good build quality too.( I ususally dont like most A lenses in terms of build, but this one aint bad.) jco
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Adam Maas Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 10:56 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: GREAT "general purpose" Zoom for the Pentax DSLRS? Tried one out at one point. It was alright, but not any better than the 18-55 DA in its range, larger, heavier, harder to manual focus due to lack of contrast wide open at 24mm. Wasn't much impressed with it on digital. Of course, I may have had a bad sample. -Adam On 3/10/08, Walter Hamler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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. > -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- 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.
