The Pop Photo reviews are pretty clear. The 18-28 in its several guises
is optically considerably less competent than the 19-35 Phoenix,
Vivitar, etc. It appears one has the choice of a heavy metal lens with
so-so performance or a light plastic lens with excellent performance. As
to build quality, many listees believe metal is inherently good and
plastic inherently bad. Last time this question came up, several posts,
mine included, said that the plastic one didn't feel all that solid
(perhaps because we tend to equate weight with durability?) but had
never given any trouble. I don't recall any reports of mechanical
trouble with the metal one either. I'll say I do like the light weight
and relatively small size of the plastic one. It also uses 72mm filters,
but is fairly short and not too wide behind the very front. It comes
with a flimsy seeming but functional bayonet mount hood.
Moose
Ian G Skelly wrote:
Does anybody know anything about these? I'm thinking of buying the 18-28
zoom as a relatively cheap why of experimenting.
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