Originally posted by northcoastgreg That's very true. It makes me suspect that some of the defenders of the kit lens have never used better glass and just don't understand what they're missing.
Not true at all, as the lenses in my signature...and hundreds of others here...can attest to.
I think you're missing the wonderful work shown in The Kit Lens Club here, and the fact that "better" glass does not necessarily make for better pictures. That's where the skills come in, and it's a lot easier to criticize the lens for a bad a photo than criticize ourselves.
I just have problems finding fault with a lens that did this:
Or this...
Or this...
Or this:
The proof is in the pudding, and if you want to go through all of the pages on that thread and discuss specific images, I would be happy to do that.