I'm quite fond of the lens. Although I use primes for serious long lens work, I like the 80/320 for walkarounds. I've posted a couple shots from it previously, but I'll reference them again. This shot is handheld of a moving subject at 320 with continuous autofocus: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2813285
This guy is at 200 or thereabouts, handheld: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3139464&size=lg > > I've seen references to the 80-320 on DPReview and have seen some > > impressive pictures with it. How does it perform relative to the > > F100-300/4.5-5.6 that I've also seen? And compared to the A-70-210/4? > > As posted recently mine performs as well if not better than the A 70-210 @ > 200mm but I've never tried the F100-300. There seems to be some issues, some > people report very good performance others not so good. I'm also quite > satisfied with performance at 320mm. FWIW mine's black and made in Japan. > > John > >
