A woman, complete stranger, turns to me on the bus today and says, with no prelude, mind you, "I just went to Popeye's. It's okay, but I prefer KFC." Fucking animal! Y'know...the guaguas in Puerto Rico were never on time, took forever to go anywhere, and occasionally there were fistfights, but people would never say something as fucked up as that. Fucking Portland. I've gotta get out of this place, if it's the last thing I ever do.
My job interview today went well, so I had reisling for lunch and mixed drinks for dinner. I'm still drunk now.
I fucking love you all!
Oh! Wise saying of the day: "You can take the woman out of Vancouver, but you can't take Vancouver out of the woman." Seriously, Portland is the next Israel, and Vancouver is the next Palestine. You heard it here first.
My job interview today went well, so I had reisling for lunch and mixed drinks for dinner. I'm still drunk now.
I fucking love you all!
Oh! Wise saying of the day: "You can take the woman out of Vancouver, but you can't take Vancouver out of the woman." Seriously, Portland is the next Israel, and Vancouver is the next Palestine. You heard it here first.
It's incredibly versatile, because it can do just about anything, and Photojournalists refer to it as the "Streetsweeper". It's like a lenscap lens for them when they don't want bring heavy, specialized, fast glass (like a 17-35 f/2.8 and 70-200 /f2.8).
Pros:
Sharp
AF-S (Quiet and fast focusing)
VR (Shoot at 1/10 @ 120mm)
Useful range (On a DSLR it becomes 36-180, which isn't bad at all...it's still wide)
Versatile as hell
Cons:
Slow (3.5-5.6, but it ramps up quickly to 5.6)
Depth of Field: The focusing basically tops out at 10-15 ft, so if your subject is beyond that, you are going to have them in focus, along with everything else. But the flip side is that it focuses close, and at 120mm, you can get cool pseudo macro use (Sample 120mm f/5.6 handheld at I believe 1/10)
Basically, if you need a lens that can do everything pretty decently, go with the VR. If you know what you want to shoot, and have specific requirements, go for a different lens. But if you dont know what you want to shoot, or just need a walkaround lens, it's probably the best choice you could make.
And if you can't afford the 24-120VR, look at the 24-85 3.5-4.5 AF-S, or 18-35 f/3.5-4.5 all top lenses.