What a super bunch of guys. Great community spirit here.

Thanks welmed. Checking out now. Does it have the same image quality as the 70-300? Snootchie's shots are SH-AR-P!!! with the 70-300. Thanks

Thanks Bob. That looks SUPER.

Thanks, I didn't realise that.

Thanks Peter. Will take note for the future, much further in the future.

Do you have one for sale by any chance?

Wow. Great posts everone. Love the pics - especially the one with the 100% crop to show sharpness and detail - is sharp enough and fast enough for me judging by this pic; price is a winner too.

Glover and Snootchies, great shots. Is it possible to post a crop (50% is fine for me personally to see/compare sharpness of non landscape shots. By all means put 100% is you prefer)

I haven't managed to sift through my small collection to show my current sharpness setup - been a very busy day. Will try again tomorrow.

So far the Pentax 75-150 looks great and the Tamron 70-300 is going strong for a few people.

David

Thanks Snootchies. Will look into that.

At last I finally have a smile on instead of frowning for "X" minutes.

Back to the lenses...if anyone is still interested, that is.

What is your problem??????????????????????????????

I should have know from the time you had a Tropical Thunder edited signature!

Either way, like I said. There is no way you're going to beat me with that sarcasm/insult stick you weild so fiercely.

NO-ONE INSULTED YOU!!!

I said, leaving "Can't be done" type post is not helpful, don't take offence, please don't do it. Why barage me with random jibes?

I can tell you're in it to win it (although you've lossed severaltimes over) because you post like a debater - ie, never answering my comments, but always making new ones or trying to re-enforce your previous.

Please, show some valour and give up.

FYI - I never mention focal length as a compromise, also, the 10-600mm (foolish edition) may cover the range, but, its not what I asked for.

Again, just give it up!

Apologies to everyone else. If I was able to PM, I wouldn't be posting this here (new memeber;not allowed).

Robbie, if you want to send me you email then I'm more than happy to keep this up. Mine is [email protected] Let's see if you want to argue with me, or are you merely trying to show off to everyone how "correct" your answer is.

See, when you posted this:

"What zoom lens (with any ranges between 50 and 250) is the very sharp, very cheap (under £40) and very fast wide open? It has to be all three to qualify."

I thought you actually meant it. Especially by putting the statement (in bold) at the end.

If you want suggestions that don't quite fit, or you are willing to compromise, then why state that it has to be all three.

By saying "no such lens exists" you're query has been answered (funny considering the "can't read" jibe). For all we knew, if we had started suggesting lenses which didn't meet your strict criteria, then it would have been met with a volley of "that's not what I asked for!" (as does happen on occasion).[/quote]I stated it HAS to, so people think, or remember clearly rather than just saying the first thing that springs to mind, even if it costed £200.

To be honest, I'm not making jibes, I'm just not one to be walked over by people who want to use me as a sacasm whipping boy - the 10-600mm doesn't even fit the discussion (the range is 50-200!!! Read it again).

Lastly (for now I guess until the next smart remark comes my way and needs putting straight!), a good car dealership would say "sorry, we don't have that...but let me show you this". If you say that they would be all "You can't have that. That doesn't exit. Nowhere will have it" and a little sarcasm/intelligence bashing to go along with it, I don't think that business would last very long selling any cars.

The idea is to give someone what they're looking for, and if, and ONLY if that can't be done YOU offer various combos/compromises/solutions, not the buyer. From all accounts its clear that the person wants the best of all worlds, but they don't understand how these worlds work in conjunction. Are you going to leae them ignorant and send them on their way, or are you going to offer a solution?

understood "by" you.

...Its been a long day. Apologies.