Although it's often lambasted for being terrible, the Pentax F100-300/4.5-5.6 that I bought for $85 in EXC condition performs very nicely when stopped down 2-3 stops. I rarely use such long lenses without a tripod and at lens openings much larger than f/11 anyway.
example photo: http://homepage.mac.com/ramarren/photo/PAW5/large/21O4-half.jpg Pentax *ist DS + F100-300mm f/4.5-5.6 + 2x-S Teleconverter ISO 200 @ f/13 @ 1/160 sec, EV +0.3, Av mode (f=600mm) This lens suffices for my needs given the small amount that I use longer than 135mm. I'd be willing to sell it for what I paid to interested parties. Godfrey On Sep 14, 2006, at 5:38 AM, Jostein Øksne wrote: > I have a friend who looks for a cheap telezoom for his film-based > Pentax. > > I haven't paid attention to this part of the lens lineup for years, so > I need some help in finding the right recommendations. Do you have any > suggestions? > > I guess he would like a few so that he can make a trade-off decision > between wallet and quality...:-) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
