Roger D. Key wrote:
You might try a Tamron SP 24-48 f3.5-3.8 instead. Results are fine, it goes
wider, and I think that the quality is better. Can be difficult to find the
lenshood and the lenscap if they do not come with the lens. I normally use
it as my standard lens, if there is enough light.
Another, but even rarer, alternative that solves the speed problem is
the Tokina AT-X 24-40/2.8. Not quite the zoom range of the other 2, but
it's missing on the end I don't care much about, as I'll always have
something covering the 'standard' 50mm area along anyway. Haven't used
it much yet, but it seems optically good and is, of course, bright in
the finder. Thanks to Andrew's help in a waay too long currency
adventure, I now have the proper hood for it. Build quality and action
of both lens and metal clip-on hood are excellent.
Earl wrote:
............ A wide-to-normal zoom would be handy at times, though I wouldn't
expect it to match primes.
You might be surprised by the 35-105/3.5-4.5, 35-70/3.6 and 35-80/2.8
Zuikos, Tamron Asp 35-105/2.8, Tokina AT-X 28-85/3.5-4.5 and RMC
28-85/4, to name a few lenses that can hold their own with primes.
Moose
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