The FA*300/4.5 is still being listed on the Japanese website so they should
be available, in Japan at least. This lens shows up frequently on eBay so
just keep looking. However, I have found 300mm too short for birds. Maybe
what you really needed is the A*600/5.6? :-)
Alan Chan
http://www.pbase.com/wlachan
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
