Thanks, Don. This focal length is great for sports, street events, theatre and concerts etc. It's a very good lens - but slow (4-5.6) - if you can live with the small aperture it's a brilliant choise. I paid almost 300 USD for mine 5 yeras ago in near mint condition, which was considered cheep. I would prefere a 2.8, though. But that would be expensive. The Tokina ATX 2.8/80-200 is app. 1000 USD here. Tamron makes the SP AF70-210mm F/2.8 LD(IF), which is supposed to be very good. Its app. 800 USD. Pentax makes a SMC FA ED IF 2.8/80-200mm - or is it discontinued? But Pentax is often way to expensive for me - this lens is app. 5000 USD here (list price). All the best. Jens
Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: Don Sanderson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 6. juli 2004 01:25 Til: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Emne: RE: PAW: Pentax Samba 2004, shot with SMC F 4-5.6/70-210mm Beautiful pics Jens! I've been looking at the SMC F 4-5.6/70-210mm. Now I'm seriously looking! Hope I can learn to use it as well as you! Don > -----Original Message----- > From: Jens Bladt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, July 05, 2004 6:01 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: PAW: Pentax Samba 2004, shot with SMC F 4-5.6/70-210mm > > > Hi Boris > That is really very sharp! Very nice photograph, Boris. > My Pentax shots were made - not at f11 but more like 4-5.6. And the > autofocus caught the wrong point, I guess: > http://www.fotokritik.dk/visstort.html?pic=80252 > > Not too bad for full aperure, I think. More of my Pentax photographs came > out usable, than the Sony shots, made the same day. The Sony has > too slow AF > for action-shots like these. > > I guess the optics were calculated by Carl Zeiss, not manufactured by Carl > Zeiss. Unlike the optics in the later SONY DSC F828. > All the best > Jens > > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt > > > -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- > Fra: Boris Liberman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sendt: 5. juli 2004 22:39 > Til: Jens Bladt > Emne: Re: PAW: Pentax Samba 2004, shot with SMC F 4-5.6/70-210mm > > > Hi! > > JB> Speaking of SMC F 4-5.6/70-210mm: > JB> http://gallery46369.fotopic.net/p4934830.html > > JB> This is not really as sharp as the shots made with my SONY DSC F717, > JB> published last week: http://gallery46369.fotopic.net/p4784879.html > > Jens, isn't it correct that Sony boasts Carl Zeiss optic? > > Here is one shot of mine with Pentax lens: > http://www.webaperture.com/gallery/photos/43209 > > Boris > ([EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > >
