I have never noticed any distortion with the Navitar zoom. Ralf did
not mention what brand he was speaking of. The Navitars are very
high quality and quite expensive. I picked mine up used on the 'Bay
for a steal. I don't think the seller realized what he had.
--- Simon Worby <simon@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Ralf Loi wrote:
>
> >> Moose wrote:
> >> Ralf is not a native english speaker. I believe his post should
> >> read "If you don't MIND distortion, go with the zoom, in this
> >> area (distortion), a fixed focal length lens performs better."
> >
> > Thanks Moose, you are right.
>
> Yes, I'd worked that out, too. It was not the source of my
> confusion.
>
> The source of my confusion was the conflicting advice: on the one
> hand
> Don Shedrick writing "I use the Navitar 70 - 125mm f 2.8 zoom with
> my
> Carousel and it provides stunning images" and Ralf Loi saying that
> the
> zoom lens created distortion.
>
> Hence my comment regarding buying both: the 90mm fixed for normal
> use,
> and the zoom in case I need the flexibility.
>
> Regards,
>
> Simon
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