04-14-2012, 11:32 AM
[quote name='mst' timestamp='1334401445' post='17506']
I see the old style as better, too, since the physical length including hood remains unchanged regardless of the focal length setting and the hood can give much better protection than on more "conventional" zoom lenses, where the widest setting is the limit for the hood design.
-- Markus
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All agreed but, frankly, I would use this lens primarily at the wide end and it is simply cumbersome to zoom "in" to this setting every time I take it out of my bag.
I see the old style as better, too, since the physical length including hood remains unchanged regardless of the focal length setting and the hood can give much better protection than on more "conventional" zoom lenses, where the widest setting is the limit for the hood design.
-- Markus
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All agreed but, frankly, I would use this lens primarily at the wide end and it is simply cumbersome to zoom "in" to this setting every time I take it out of my bag.