> I had one of those in years gone by - returned it to B&H after trying > it for a few days. Optically it was fine - but it was quite heavy for > the speed of the lens. It was too slow for my tastes and too heavy > for what it was. > > -- > Bruce
Agreed on all your counts Bruce, but i think its a great lens.:-) Dave > > > Tuesday, June 20, 2006, 11:12:41 AM, you wrote: > > > JF> I doubt it. I've got several power zoom lenses (including the > JF> 28-105, which is my walkaround lens on the *ist-D), but I don't > JF> think I've ever used any of the extra features. I sometimes > JF> used the power zoom, rather than manually zooming the lens, > JF> but even that is not possible on the *ist-D. > > JF> I really like the 28-105, but that has very little to do with > JF> the fact that it's a PZ lens. And in any case my criteria are > JF> very different from yours - I prefer longer focal lengths most > JF> of the time, and am often satisfied with an aperture of f5.6 > JF> or so. I don't think the lens offers you anything; if you > JF> want a zoom in that range, the latest Pentax 28-105 is faster, > JF> and IIRC Godfrey for one has good things to say about it. > > JF> On Tue, Jun 20, 2006 at 10:37:24AM -0700, Shel Belinkoff wrote: > >> I pretty much agree with you Peter. If I'm going to use a heavy lens, then > >> let it be fast and constant aperture. I don't see a need for a power zoom, > >> but who knows, maybe I'd like it if I tried it. > >> > >> Shel > >> > >> > >> > >> > [Original Message] > >> > From: P. J. Alling > >> > >> > It's this one Shel, with the Power Zoom feature. > >> > > >> > > >> http://www.bdimitrov.de/kmp/lenses/zooms/short/FA28-105f4-5.6-i.html > >> > > >> > It's supposed to be quite good. However I'd never even considered it > >> > since it's quite heavy and not very fast for all that extra weight, with > >> > a variable aperture. If I'm giving up a fixed aperture I would want a > >> > zoom to be very small and light as well. Just as an aside my favorite > >> > Pentax Zoom is the 20-35 f4.0 followed closely by the 28-70 f4.0, > >> > unfortunately the latter is becoming extinct due to lens element > >> separation. > >> > > >> > Shel Belinkoff wrote: > >> > > >> > >What is the PZ 28-105? I don't see it listed on Boz's site. > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >> [email protected] > >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
