At 555gm it's not THAT heavy, and it's a very good lens, and solidly constructed. I haven't seen any comparisons with the 50-200, but I would be surprised if it's appreciably better than the F 70-210.
John On Thu, 21 Sep 2006 11:28:25 +0100, Matt Kelch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The SMC-F 70-210 is what I was thinking of. I take it its pretty heavy > and I'd be better off with the DA 50-200mm? > >> On Thu, 21 Sep 2006 07:50:38 +0100, Thibouille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >> >> >>> AFAIK the DA 50-200 is the only 50-200 from Pentax. >>> You could look at the SMC-F 70-210 but it really is a tank ^^ >>> >> >> A damn fine tank. >> >> John >> >> >> >>> 2006/9/21, Matt Kelch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >>> >>>> Well, I managed to nab two of the elusive Pentax 70-210 f4 lenses, and >>>> received one of them today. I was pretty shocked by how much it >>>> weighed. Unfortunately this lens in particular is going to be going >>>> back, it appears to have fungus and the guy described the glass as >>>> being >>>> totally clean. Its also full of dust. Hopefully the other lens is in >>>> better condition. >>>> >>>> However, I was thinking about picking up a DA 50-200mm lens (is the >>>> older non 'DA' 50-200mm just as light?), despite it being slower. The >>>> weight will end up being about 1/3 of what these lenses are, so I will >>>> atleast have a chance at using it without a tripod. >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> Matt >>>> >>>> -- >>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>> >>>> >>> >> >> >> >> > > -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
