Re: Zooms vs. primes (WAS: Re: Let's talk about the FA 28-105/4-5.6 PZ (now a bit long))

2003-07-12 Thread Pål Jensen
Mark wrote: Bit of a "straw man" argument there, since the A 3.5 f2.8 has been singled out by several users (you in particular) as a dog. REPLY: Not really. I was trying to illustrate my opinion that todays good zoom are equally good or better than yesterdays primes. The A 35/2.8 is fairly typ

Re: Zooms vs. primes (WAS: Re: Let's talk about the FA 28-105/4-5.6 PZ (now a bit long))

2003-07-12 Thread Pål Jensen
Frank wrote: Even if we take Pal's original statement as true ("today's best zooms are every bit as good as primes"), a zoom is going to exact some penalty on it's user. REPLY: I didn't actually say that. That was something I quoted. Pål

Zooms vs. primes (WAS: Re: Let's talk about the FA 28-105/4-5.6 PZ (now a bit long))

2003-07-11 Thread Pål Jensen
Thank you Joseph. Your tests cured my zoom-phobia. I have always thought that the since 28-105 PZ has an excellent reputation as a very sharp lens but it still wasn't sharp enough when compared to any of my primes, I have to stick with prime lenses only. Turns out I was very wrong indeed. REPLY: