on 13.01.03 20:16, Gregory L. Hansen at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'm looking for a zoom lens that goes to 300mm or so. I can't afford a > good one, but I don't want to scrape the $100 bottom of the barrel. I > want the second from the bottom of the barrel. Some lenses, which seem > about what I'm looking for, from B&H's web site are > > Tamron 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6 $189 > Sigma 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6 $209 > Pheonix 100-400mm f/4.5-6.7 $200 > Pentax 80-320mm f/4.5-5.6 $200 > Pentax is not that bad as far as you use it in 80-200 range. Ont the long end it is quite soft, especially wide open. You can think about SMC-FA 100-300/4.7-5.8 (new silver) - it seems to be better at 300, and as far as I remember it got good review in German Color Foto magazin and in fact it was better than FA 80-320 (sharper and more contrasty at long end). Plus you get portability - it weights only 390 g and is quite compact. I saw it new on eBay for about 120$
-- Best Regards Sylwek
