I�m not impressed. My 100-300 Pentax was quite sharp to about 220 mm but needed a lot of stopping down at 300 mm. And I used to defend it vigorously until once in Italy I shot some picture at full aperture and 300 mm - the subject was a boat on the sea and it the shadow of a mountain - I had good support from a railing. All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho
----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Stenquist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, October 24, 2004 12:36 AM Subject: Samples from today's shoot with the FA 80-320 > Here's a more telling example of the FA 80-320. No, it's not a superior > lens. But I think it's a very good lens for the money. The first shot > is at f6,7, 120mm, handheld at 1/90. However, I think it's fairly > steady. (Remember, this is the field of view of a 180mm lens.) The > second is a 100% detail from the hi-res version of that shot. If I > have time, I'll do some tests off a tripod. But I'm convinced that this > lens is no bow-wow. > Paul > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2813525&size=lg > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2813529 >
