Originally posted by slip why isn't a mid range 2.8 like the 50-135 pentax lens more popular? was looking for a similar older auto focus and it just doesn't seem like there is one out there.
50-135 seems to be the most suitable range for portraits... If I look at something like a 70-200 2.8 they seem to be a big long and heavy.
anyone feel the same?
Is there an auto focus that would fit this range without selling my family?
thanks
it's a really nice lens. I've got one, but -- I usually have a DA*16-50 on my camera, but right after I got it I tossed it in the camera bag
just 'in case'. --- It turned out that the 'just in case' was a herd of elk about 50 yards away staring at me:
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the good IQ made the photo usable, but I had to crop it a lot more than I like. I now carry a DA 60-250 in my bag. If I had had it instead
the photo would have been outstanding instead of usable as I wouldn't have needed to crop it in photoshop.
On the other hand, my daughter who shoots school year book sports shots, has found the 50-135 a very useful lens. The speed helps in the
twilight hours of school sports, and the objects of the photos are at a predictible range.