Convenience, right? Trouble is that they do not perform that well (as
yet), they're slow, they're expensive (relatively) and they're large.
As for using them quickly (no time for changes) - that's also fraught
with problems as camera settings for long tele are often quite
different so jumping from say 30mm to full stretch should usually
necessitate some adjustments anyway. A mode to S mode and upping the
ISO for instance.
The Nikon 18-200mm VR that started this is very good in the wide to
moderate tele range, say 18-120mm. Then it's downhill. So, to me it
would be more sensible to make a shorter 6X zoom and make it faster.
I'm fairly sure that it would cover your needs for relationships in
beautiful areas. :)
I suspect that these are being produced to compete with the 10 and
12x zooms being produced in small EVF cameras. It kind of misses the
point of a DSLR I think. You might be happier with an Oly SP-500UZ -
it is very small and light, 38-380 equivalent and very sharp
(although there's some serious in-camera sharpening going on!) Or a
canon S2, Sony H1. And it's small so shouldn't get in the way of
whatever you are doing out there!
Andrew Fildes
afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://www.pbase.com/afildes
On 05/02/2006, at 12:39 PM, Moose wrote:
> I'll bet your basic assumptions are first, that they perform too
> poorly
> to by really useful and second, that they are too slow to be very
> useful
> anyway. And there is where we differ. None of the reasons given above
> would carry any weight with me if the zoom didn't perform. And the
> thing
> is, the one I use does. That gives me reason to hope that there are
> others, maybe even the ZD 18-180.
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