All points well taken. I was trying to say that for somebody trading
up from a P&S a E330 plus the 18-180 would be a nice starter setup.
Joao
At 9:43 AM +1100 1/28/06, Andrew Fildes wrote:
>Why on earth would anyone bother to buy an interchangeable lens
>camera and then put a 10X zoom on it - seems pointless somehow. And
>comments about image stabilisation?
>Recently I used a Nikon D200 with an similar lens (what was it? -
>18-200mm VR?) So it had image stabilisation and ultrazoom status. I
>wish they'd lent me a 50mm instead, to get some real appreciation of
>the camera's capability! Long zoom - soft, especially at the long
>end. How could it be otherwise. I've just played with half-a-dozen 10
>and 12X EVF's like the Canon S2 IS (recommended) and they are ALL a
>bit soft. Got the best shots by far in the 40-100mm range, esp.
>portraits.
>Stabilisation? Fine for available dark portraits but - what about
>subject movement? You get lulled into a sense that you'll get the
>shot and find that what you get is a blurry mess because the child/
>horse/tortoise was moving. You think that you can shoot a 300mm
>effective at 1/30sec - only if the subject is a bloody rock! At that
>length, you have to take great care of what you are doing or else -
>and zooming way up there because you can is a recipe for disappointment.
>AndrewF
>
>
>
>On 28/01/2006, at 3:42 AM, Joao T. da Costa wrote:
>
>> How are they going to price this thing? It would
> > make an attractive package with the 18-180.
>
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