On Dec 14, 2006, at 3:38 AM, Charlie Falke wrote: > I've resisted zooms up to now. I also resisted zooms for a very long time; tried a few and either didn't like the results or they just plain ol' rubbed me the wrong way somehow. The 80-200 f/4 (the current model) is the first one I've really liked. It's not perfect (some light fall-off @ full aperture and more barrel & pincussion distortion than you'd get in a prime lens) but it's darned good. I have no hesitation using it at full aperture, no worries about weird bokeh effects or wimpy color or flare. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com ------ Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: http://www3.telus.net/~telyt/lrflex.htm Archives are at: //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/