Re: lens logic...

APT wrote:

So here are my options:
Get the camera with the kit 18-50 and 55-200

Are these Sigma or Canon lenses?

and buy a used 28-105 3.5/4.5 (from a photographer friend)

or:
But the body only and get
the better quality 28-135 3.5 IS

Any way, I am pretty much decided on the first option but thought I would share it with the group to see if there is anything I may be missing in my logic. (Which wouldn't be surprising).

I vote for the 28-135 3.5 IS because it's overall faster & probably better quality and sort of medium length though definitely leaning toward the long end. If there was a faster affordable 24-80 f/2.8 that would be ideal and might be tempting from a third party manufacturer. In the end you are either happy with this & stay there or you get two more lenses in the future (or more). It's not a sexy zoom range but it's practical.
.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: The sickening reality of high ISO on a P&S
    ... I'm not attacking the quality of your ... All I'm saying is that given the same conditions, a dslr is capable of ... You've shown from your own experience as a p&s camera enhusiast. ... at some samples of pictures from the Sony A900 with one of the Carl ...
    (rec.photo.digital)
  • Re: ATTN: Resident-Troll ASSAR, a.k.a. Stephen Bishop, heres your picture...
    ... so you have the only camera in existance that can meet all of your ... at least you admit you're comparing the worst that a DSLR ... quality of DSLR cameras over a P&S isn't going to cost more. ... quality images because there are so many lenses available for DSLRs ...
    (rec.photo.digital)
  • Re: The main drawback of a digital camera
    ... >>speed mechanical shutter was added, it could close very quickly just ... yet later you claim EVF users care about quality. ... So the camera manufacturers don't ignore it. ... >>that DSLR owners are not concerned with quality compared to ...
    (rec.photo.digital)
  • Re: SE K800i phone
    ... The camera is *excellent* for a phone. ... K800i with me means I can snap away at things and have useable quality ... Funnily enough for job reasons I recently bought a Palm TX (my first ...
    (uk.comp.sys.mac)
  • Re: Do you set your camera at high resolution?
    ... imagewith JPEG compression artefacts that make getting a ... truly quality final image and/or a quality print impossible, ... when you get a new camera you may try out the ... I would normally try and take enough card memory for a trip. ...
    (rec.photo.digital)