On Sun, 03 Apr 2011 08:40 -0400, "Cory Waters" <cbwat...@bellsouth.net> wrote: > I've been shooting at my daughter's soccer games for a while now. I'm > using my K10 and the DA50-200 I got when that camera was new (I think > there's a newer version out now) > If I make half an effort, I can come away with three to five shots per > game that I'm more or less happy with after a little processing. There's > another ten to fifteen that I'll post out to the parent group. They're > not likely to be as critical as me, they're happy to have shots of their > kid, and I assume they're just happy someone else is taking pictures so > they don't have to ;) > The problem is, SHE sees the fifteen to twenty "post worthy" shots per > game and thinks they're "fine". This means that there's virtually no > need for me to spend a grand on a new faster telephoto lens. > In the back of my mind, buried deep under years of obsessive desire for > enablement, I know that a new lens won't make my photos *That* much > better. It's not the lens that screws up most of my shots... > > But, of course, LBA is strong. > > The 60-250 calls. > But it might be the 55-300 that answers. > >
I had the same question/answer. Not a bad answer, really. Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Access your email from home and the web -- 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.
