On 25 Oct 2002 at 20:26, Paul Stenquist wrote: > Pretentious nonsense. For the majority of situations, these lenses are > fast enough. Most of us can't afford ultra-fast glass. In any case, how > often does one shoot in extremely low light with a 200? And the SMC > 200/4 is an excellent lens. When shooting with the 28, a shutter speed > of 1/15 or 1/30 is quite manageable. And that's easy to achieve at 3.5 > with most films and lighting conditions. No, they're not premium lenses, > but they'll take fine pictures.
I wouldn't want to be limited to a slow 28 in my travel kit either. I invariably take my 28/2 or 31/1.8 and I'll use both wide open without hesitation. I generally would have a lens longer than 135mm in my normal travel kit unless I was targetting specific subject matter. Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications.html
