Godfrey DiGiorgi affirmed: > No question: for a film SLR, buy the Pentax standard hood. It's the > most convenient in use.
That's what I'll do as soon as the test film returns. > 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 If a certain amount of primes was a reason against buying this zoom, I might not have bought it. I'm still pretending to be a photgrapher, not a collector, and use nearly every lens I own every now and then, some more, some less (Only one prime on the sale list at the moment, M 3.5/135, for being one of three 135 I own; jealous of your FA 135, BTW). For 180 EUR, with warranty from a regular dealer, I could not resist; this was the lowest price I've ever seen for this lens, and might be for a long time. I used the 24-90 today indoors at a little birthday party, and was very fond of the zoom range, especially on the wide end I could fit anything in the frame if necessary, which was not always possible with A35-105 or FA 4/28-70. As I don't think I will need very big enlargements of these social pictures a zoom is better to me to get the moment, than a prime (that I might have to change) to get the perfect frame. Anyway, as I've got lots of bodies, I might use zooms _and_ primes without changing lenses ;-) And sometimes it's challenging to get by with just one prime. Pancho -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
