site and none of the second tier lenses seem to be listed in the telephoto primes. The only teles listed are the
f2.8 big glass up to 400mm. You may have to look for something used.
Amita Guha wrote:
I had a chance to shoot some birds on Cape Cod last week, and - surprise! -
my old Sigma 70-300mm was just as crappy at bird shots as it was the last
time I tried it. ;) So I decided to come home and just run down to B&H and
buy the FA 300mm f/4.5. But now I can't find it on the website at all. It's
not even listed as backordered; it's just not there. Does anyone know if
this lens is being discontinued? And if it is, does anyone have one they'd
like to sell me? :)
Failing that, can anyone recommend a good third-party lens? I just want a reasonably fast lens that I can hike with and that has some nice contrast. An f/4.5 would be fine.
Does anyone know what the deal is with Pentax? There are a couple of other lenses I'm interested in that aren't available. Are they slowing down production or shifting everything over to consumer digicams?
Amita
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