----- Original Message ----- From: "Russell Kerstetter"
Subject: Re: long lens for birds?
The Tokina 400/5.6 in good condition goes for around $150 then? Is this MF or AF? Also, about how much should I expect to pay for an A400/5.6? And also, also.... for either of these lens' are there different versions that should not be purchased?
I can't help you on price, that seems really variable, depending on patience and luck. I seem able to buy something off ebay and then see three auctions in the next month end for less than I paid.
Anyway, I have both an A400/5.6 and a Tokina SD 400/5.6 (it's a manual focus, contemporaneous with the A400/5.6).
The Pentax is definitely the better lens, I recall the Tokina had a bit of chromatic abberation, the Pentax is nice, with a very crisp image. The CA doesn't seem to show up on film, or at least not as obviously, but does show on the digital.
William Robb
