I'm with Stan on this. When I bought a PZ-1, it came with a crappy PZ FA28-80. I quickly gave up using it and went back to prime lenses. 3 or so years ago, I got the PZ FA28-105 and was very pleased. It's a good lens. I wish that I would have bought the more expensive FA28-105 originally. It would have improved my results considerably. Yes, the old lens had a power zoom feature. Forget about it and just use the manual zoom. Regards, Bob S.
On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 8:48 PM, Stan Halpin <s...@stans-photography.info> wrote: > When I came back to photography after a several year hiatus and some > flirtation with video, I moved from a ME-Super to a PZ-1p very fine autofocus > capable 35mm camera. The one new lens I bought was the PZ FA 28-105. It > was/is a very good lens. If/when you actually need a lens with a broad zoom > range, this is one to consider. Don't be put off by the gimmickry. After the > first day I never used any of the special modes others have described, and > seldom used the Power zoom feature. You can ignore all of that added stuff, > don't bypass such a quality lens if you you ever see one for a decent price. > > stan > > On Sep 22, 2010, at 3:41 PM, Eric Weir wrote: > >> >> On Sep 22, 2010, at 3:37 PM, John Francis wrote: >> >>> On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 02:53:41PM -0400, Eric Weir wrote: >>>> >>>> On Sep 22, 2010, at 1:50 PM, David J Brooks wrote: >>>> >>>>> . . . PZ . . . >>>> >>>> You forgot, David. I'm a novice. REALLY a novice. Never encountered "PZ" >>>> before. What is it? Is it on Stan Halpin's list? >>> >>> Power Zoom. >> >> Thanks for the explanation, John. I can see how some of the trick zooms, >> like maintaining image size while subject distance changes, would be >> helpful, but I think I'll pass on this type of lens. I'm trying to keep my >> equipment set as simple and as close to manual as possible. Aperture >> priority is about as advanced as I want to get at this point. >> >> My first purchase in getting back into photography at the end of last year >> was a crude Russian Smena Symbol. It was made in the millions during the >> later Soviet period. It provides five settings each for aperture and shutter >> speed and nothing else, not even film speed. I liked the way it made me >> think. A couple months after I bought it I lost it. I replaced it a couple >> months ago, but haven't done any shooting with it, yet. >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Eric Weir >> Decatur, GA USA >> eew...@bellsouth.net >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> 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. > -- 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.
