18-55 vs 16-45?

[John Francis]

On Mon, Jan 15, 2007 at 02:04:26AM -0500, Paul Stenquist wrote:
> The kit lens is relatively worthless, due to the number available.  
> Put it on the shelf for the day you sell the camera.

I think it's a little better than that.  I've got one as a stop-gap
until the DA* 16-50/f2.8 is available, but I also intend to use it
as a lightweight walkaround lens with the *ist D (either without
the battery grip, or with only a single set of batteries to keep
the weight down).