Some folks might remember that I discovered two elements of my FA 28-70/4 were coming apart, making it unusable.
I picked up a replacement on eBay and found that it is in the early stages of the same problem. It is being mailed back to the seller. Sadly there don't seem to be any great replacements to consider. The Tamron 28-75/2.8 Di XR seems to be highly regarded and is very small for a lens of that length, but is more than twice the weight (510g vs 240g) and a lot more expensive. The 24-90/3.5-4.5 seems like a reasonable compromise, but they are still pretty expensive. Any other suggestions? This will be for a *ist D. It won't get tons of use but I find this focal length to be fairly useful for certain types of events. Is the FA 28-105/3.2-4.5 any good? The only other moderately fast lens in this range seems to be the Sigma 28-70/2.8-4. At $119 (bhphoto) I can't really imagine that it is very good. Comments? From photographyreview.com it sounds like there is a lot of distortion at the wide end. alex
