Re: seeking recommendations for a good 300mm prime

[Peter J. Alling]

They don't have any listed at the moment, not even the A*300 f4 or 
M*300's, a lot of K 300 f4 lenses though. 

Kenneth Waller wrote:
I don't know the official Pentax status of this lens ( I have one and use it
all the time, highly recommend it - even without a tripod mount) but KEH
usually has them listed.
Kenneth Waller
----- Original Message -----
From: "Amita Guha" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2004 8:50 PM
Subject: seeking recommendations for a good 300mm prime
 

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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