2010/11/29 P. J. Alling <webstertwenty...@gmail.com>: > > I haven't been too excited about this, it's the aps-c functional equivalent > of the 28-200mm a lens that as a class fails to impress.
true to a point - similar zoom factor but probably easier to build and calculate > The preview, (I wouldn't call it a review) actually is nicely positive, but > I question the reviewers judgment when he states, "...the lenses that most > closely resembled it were the 17-70mm F4 and the 18-250mm F3.5-6.3, *both of > which have different uses*." (Emphasis mine). Well no not really, at least > in the case of the 18-250, they are pretty much designed for the same > usage, a lens that covers everything you're likely to shoot. what is so bad about that? I'm trying to make it policy to always carry a camera plus refconverter and as much as I prefer the 16-50 over the 18-250 the former sometimes lacks on the long end. 18-135 is still not ideal but it has WR which the 18-250 doesn't and I don't see my dream zoom on the horizon any time soon. > Additionally he displays a lack of historical perspective since the 28-200mm > wasn't a cheap lens when introduced, not only being more expensive, when > inflation is taken into account, and a larger percentage of the kit's cost, > when taking into account the difference in price of the cameras it was > designed for. true but he shares that deficiency with millions of people who've lost their grasp of prices =/ > He mentions a nit, the reversed positions of the focus and zoom rings > vis-à-vis the normal Pentax practice, which I doubt will bother it's target > audience as they will most likely never own another lens. I politely disagree - I have four lenses each of Pentax and 3rd parties and I'm likely to buy it nonetheless - not for another year though :[ position of rings would be the least obstacle in my book - the crappy tiny focus ring on the 18-250 didn't stop me either now Pentax if you could please make that DA* 11-16 reality and follow up with a DA* or WR 16-80 or17-85 or 20-100 or whatever - heck, I might even be tempted to extend my always carry policy to a small bag and a second lens and flash Ned, are you listening? Cheers Ecke -- 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.
