On Sat, 07 Feb 2004 19:52:28 GMT, "Roger Ohlund"
wrote:

Keep the 24-85 and add a Nikkor AF 80-200 f2.8D ED to your collection.
A classic lens and among the sharpest there is.

I've been looking at that lens too. I also have an 18-35mm Nikkor for
panoramas and such.

The problem with lenses like 28-200 and/or 28-300 is that they often enough
aren't all that light sensitive and equally often have distortion problems
in the wide angle range.

The other lenses aren't that fast, true, but from the reviews I've
seen the distortion isn't bad either.

In a purely photo-technical point of view you may get much better
performance using two lenses. Then there is the issue about carrying more
than one lens on your fishing trip, in which case the two earlier mentioned
lenses would be preffered.

Carrying multiple lenses isn't as much an issue with me as having to
change them often, especially with a digital SLR where each change
adds the risk of dust on the CCD. You don't get a fresh array every
24-36 shots like you do with film.

I realize there are compromises in any approach, of course. Clearly
the best solutions is to just buy all the lenses available. g
--
Charlie...