It depends on what you mean by heavy. It's built to take a beating. All metal construction, except for the aperture ring. But not much heavier than the A or M 200mm f4.
Matt Kelch 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 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> > > > > -- Things should be made as simple as possible -- but no simpler. --Albert Einstein -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
