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Re: [OM] 24-200? or 28-300mm?

Subject: Re: [OM] 24-200? or 28-300mm?
From: frieder.faig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2002 14:49:42 +0100
On Wed, Nov 27, 2002 at 09:06:43AM +0800, Albert wrote:
> Assuming I were to get a wunderbrick with AF for traveling, what do you 
> think would be a more convient lens if I only want to take one lens?
> 
> The Tokina 24-200mm, or Tamron's new 28-300XR?  Of course that'd be for 
> the gf, I'd use the OM.
> 
Albert

So the lens should be a beginner lens? - I have no experience with this
lenses, but wouldn`t recommend any of them for beginners because of
their wide range.

The wide range is impressive, but offers a lot of possiblity to get
dissapointing results because of lacking experiences with long tele
use. Or on the other hand when slipping into wide angel 'distortion'
effects.

I`d recomend nothing more than 28-90mm, with as wide apperture as 
possible. This focal leghts are most ease of use, and so most promising to
get good results for most joy and a good experience when the first films come 
back. -By the way- What lenses are you currently using? - 
Did you have a good /bad start into photograpy?
Don`t confuse with your further needs and your gf`s ones.

My beginner experience with a 4-5.6/60-300 zoom is like this:
 Ah fine '135mm @ 1/250sec wide open' so I can zoom in to '200mm and 1/200 sec'
 Hmm, a bit closer would be fine ... Yeah -Klack- 
 Ooops, shit again I went to 280mm @ 1/125sec ....

Nothing to blame the lens for I got a lot of nice shoots with this
lens, but 10 years later I'm converted to prime except for a 35-105.


Just my two ...

Frieder Faig
 











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