On Fri, 21 Jun 2002 08:14:01 -0700, "QLW" wrote:

>I bought the Sony VLC-0637H (a .6) for $29 + shipping and it worked fine for
>me. I later bought a Titanium .45 for about
>$40 on Ebay. The Sony is longer and normally cheaper than the Titanium and I
>can see little or no difference in picture quality. I'm sure that the more
>expensive lenses have an advantage but not for me.

I tried a Titanium .45X, which had the advantages
of being wider than most, and with lower linear
distortion than most. It also had, alas, unacceptable
sharpness for me near both ends of the zoom range...