I accept that my 1:3 rule may be too conservative given recent technological
improvements, and I may try the 12-60mm for travelling even lighter (since it
would replace at least two lenses) but I still have my doubts about lenses with
ratios like 1:10.
Cheers,
Nathan
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> On 16 Dec 2019, at 20:36, Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 12/15/2019 9:32 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
>> I think this is typical for a lens with this zoom range. There is no free
>> lunch.
>> I avoid zooms with a ratio of more than 1:3 between the short and the long
>> end.
>
> That seems to me a generalization from the past that seldom holds today. The
> 5x 12-60 PLeica and 8x 12-100 Oly Pro are really optically excellent lenses,
> for example. The 10x-ish Oly 14-150, Panny 14-140 and Sony FF 24-240 are all
> quite good lenses.
>
> Newer glasses and better aspherics, esp. double sided, are creating magic. ;-)
>
> Long Range Moose
>
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