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Great review Carl, did you find the range limiting?

On April 20th, 2008 ActinicLight says:

A 36-105 effective focal length sounds okay but how practical is it for the price range? My Zeiss 16-80 is not built as well but it is very wide and yet long enough for all types of work with the ef at 24-120 coverage. Add a beercan and the spread is well covered. This one seems to me to be a three lens setup for wide and then long on the other end. For the dollar value I am wondering if many folks will go that route?

My guess is for the grip & grin photographer it will be an excellent choice because my experience was that a 35mm focal length was perfect for most smile and handshake work while portrait photographers may want to go for a prime lens like the 85mm Zeiss. This focal length just does not seem that attractive to me. What did your experience with it reveal, did you feel at all limited? Did you have enough spread in the zoom to work well without switching out to something longer?

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