Originally posted by shadmanaj I was reading reviews of the plastic 18-55mm, when I read one guy saying it's crap because it wasn't as good as his 31 ltd... How the hell do you expect a prime costing 1000usd new, to be equal a zoom that costs 50usd new?!
That brings up an interesting point, because a lot of people seem to want rankings based on prices, and rankings based on the value of a lens within its "price class".
I don't care about the price class though. I'm not rich, by any means, but I want to know which lenses are excellent, which are merely good, and which are mediocre. In a lot of cases the cheapos work just as well as the expensive lenses, and it's a matter of having or not having auto-focus, auto-aperture, auto-metering, etc.
I don't care if a lens costs $10,000 or $100 though, I want to know which one performs the best! I'll buy the best one that I can afford.
Don't get me wrong - I see the value in the other side, and probably would have preferred the "price class" system when I first started, but now I'm just looking for the right tool, not at the right price, but period.
Thanks for all the feedback everyone, I had no idea this would get such a big response.