and a much smaller lighter prosumer zoom.
I've never used the first two, I have the F 70-210. It's a very nice lens well built, (lots of metal).
It's manual focus characteristics are like the 43mm Ltd, (same whirring noise that some people here have
complained about), but less damping so it's a bit more fiddlie. This lens has very long focusing helical,
almost like an old Manual Focus two touch lens. It takes 49mm filters which is nice, (no expensive 77mm
filters for this baby).
Both the FA* 200 and the FA* 2.8 80-200 have excellent reputations but here is the comparison that I'm sure
of...
You can pick one up a good to mint condition F 70-210 for between $90-$160.
KEH currently has a FA* 80-210 listed in excelent-plus condition for $999.
I'm not sure what the FA* 200 would go for at this point but at least $900+ new.
So you have to ask yourself, is a couple of stops worth about $900? If you need it
the answer is yes, even if you can't afford it, but in that case you still buy the F 70-210.
The second thing is do I need the sharpness and resolution that a Prime will give me over a zoom?
That's not so easy to answer these days.
At 11:10 AM 9/30/03 -0700, you wrote:
What's the general opinion of this lens? Compared to the FA* 200mm f/2.8, F 100mm macro f/2.8 and the F 70-210mm f/4-5.6? What about the weight? And also if I can ask what you paid for yours used (of list if you want)? I'm trying to determine what a reasonable price is. Any info about this lens is appreciated.
thanks Paul
By the way, I checked all the usual sources online.
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