No question: for a film SLR, buy the Pentax standard hood. It's the most convenient in use.
I tested the 24-90 briefly and bought the 28-105/3.2-4.5 instead due to the difference in price, but after a while I found that the 28-105's shortcomings when wide open at the longer tele settings would have been worth the price for the 24-90. (Not to say the 28-105 is a poor performer, it's just not at its best wide open past 70mm.) The 24-90's gain in field of view at the wide end would be useful, it's improved wide open performance at the long end gives it much more capability for me. I have since sold the 28-105/3.2-4.5 and have the 24-90 on my shopping list, but I don't really think I'll buy one because I'm finding that sticking with primes from 50mm and up works fine for me. Godfrey On Aug 27, 2006, at 1:17 AM, Pancho Hasselbach wrote: > Godfrey, > > As I was trying to say, following your advice would mean I'd have > to get > myself an *istDxxx or something like that. I'm still on film, there's > only two P&S digis around here (whereas one of them is an Oly C-5050, > which isn't P&S only). > > Thel lens arrived yesterday, I'll try it and if it's as good as > expected > I surely won't regret spending some money on an appropriate hood. > > Pancho -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
