> 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.
Completely different animal the 100-300 I've heard some conflicting reports on it's performance ranging from poor to excellent. Maybe there's a production quality issue here!? John ---------- Original Message ----------- From: "Raimo K" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sun, 24 Oct 2004 10:08:04 +0300 Subject: Re: Samples from today's shoot with the FA 80-320 > 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 > > ------- End of Original Message -------
