In message <jsKdnUrOlNUv2wbanZ2dnUVZ8t6inZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, David Kilpatrick
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>Your price might just be possible with the Sony branded version - it's
>the same lens at heart but the Sony has a faster focusing mechanism.
>The alternative could be a Pentax K10D (price just dropped because of
>the K20D arrival) with their similar, slightly wider aperture,
>18-200mm, or again the Tamron 18-250mm; or the Nikon D40X with the
>18-200mm VR stabilised Nikon lens (or Sigma alternative).
>
>The only option which doesn't tick the right box is Canon, whose 1.6X
>sensor factor immediately makes the 18mm end less wide-angle, and which
>offers no in-body stabilisation,
Why doesn't it tick the right box? The Nikon and Pentax have a 1.5 crop
factor. The difference between all three cameras at 18mm is not a lot.
>
>Our daughter's Canon kit has a 400D with the kit 18-55mm and an early
>(secondhand) Canon image stabilised 70-300mm covering the tele end,
>where the IS stabilisation is extremely beneficial. Now if you can do a
>search and hunt down such a lens that's a reasonable kit. I do not
>advice the closest thing Canon has a stabilised superzoom, the full
>frame 28-135mm IS. It's neither fish nor fowl when used on the smaller
>digital format, and it's not much better than independent brand optics
>either.
>
I've got a Canon 28-135mm IS. Its not too bad. I use it as my walk round
lens although it is quite a heavy lens and you can feel it after its
been round your neck for an hour or so. Its a little bit soft but
certainly better than the 18-55mm kit lens. 28mm isn't very wide on a
1.6 crop (or 1.5 for that matter ;) but it gave me an excuse to get a
Canon 10-22mm which is wide enough and is admittedly noticeably better
than my 28-135 in terms of image quality. Of course the 28-135mm is half
the price of the 10-22mm so you get what you pay for.
I think there are a lot of 28-135's going cheap at the moment because
its used as the kit lens on some 40D's and new owners are flogging them
on.
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Paul Giverin
British Jet Engine Website:- www.britjet.co.uk
My photos:- www.pbase.com/vendee
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