> > From: Ann Sanfedele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2006/06/25 Sun AM 01:15:46 GMT > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: anyone have experience with the DA 50-200mm? > > Joseph Tainter wrote: > > > > Amita, you may have gotten two bad copies in a row. Either that or (a) > > you have problems with your camera's autofocus, or (b) you are having > > trouble holding a telephoto lens steady (as I do). > > > > As I posted here a while back, I tested the DA 50-200 systematically > > against the old SMC F 70-210 (a lens regarded as perhaps Pentax's best > > variable aperture telezoom). It was a systematic test, on a tripod, > > mud-brick wall, etc. The two lenses were very close. At Actual Pixels, > > the old F70-210 had just a bit more peripheral sharpness, but you would > > never notice it in ordinary usage. The DA 50-200 is a fine lens. > > > > Why not take the one you have and try it on a sturdy tripod. > > > > Joe > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > Damn - now I want one... :) > > I used my 70-210 lots but got so I couldn't hold it anymore > without tripod. > too heavy. > You won't have _that_ problem with the 50-200. It weighs three sixteenths of sweet FA.
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