On 18/12/10, AlunFoto, discombobulated, unleashed: >I sold my ancient Sigma 70-200/2.8 (Remember that one, Cotty?) in >favour of the 60-250. I was very fond of the Sigma in the film days, >but with digital I frequently found the 70mm end a bit too tight. With >the 60-250, I tend to use the ends of the zoom range, and the wide end >of it has saved me quite a few lens swaps. At the long end, I'm not >sure how much advantage the extra 50mm is over a 200mm, but looking >further upwards, the DA* is good enough at 250mm to keep me from >bothering with the DA*300 most of the time.
Yes, and a good lens it was too! Without doubt the best zoom I ever owned was an EF 70-200 L IS 2.8 - that was superb and I'd have one again in a flash. Best prime lens for me was/is A*85/1.4 which I still have. One of Stef's Christmas presents this year is a 420 EX flash. Can't wait to see his face as he opens that - if it gets here in time - post delayed due to snow! He recently spent a few days in Prague on college photog trip, concentrating on architecture. He has produced some stunning work - he took his battered old 1D and 2 lenses: EF 28-135 IS walkabout zoom and the Pentax 17/4 fisheye. He did some street candids as well, and I'm very impressed. Will see if we can get them up on a web page at some point. He's got his provisional driving license (learner's permit) and has started lessons. Is saving madly for a car! C'est la vie unh. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ---------- http://www.cottysnaps.com _____________________________ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
