On Sep 21, 2006, at 9:00 PM, Subash Jeyan wrote: > On 9/22/06, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [...] >> them. The Pentax F100-300/4.5-5.6 is a fixed length zoom with >> internal movement of the zooming elements, and front group focusing. >> That's why I like it more than the 80-320 as a design, although the >> latter out-performs it. > [...] > > i am getting myself a used F100-300/4.5-5.6 in fairly good condition > this weekend (for about US$ 100; i've found this second hand camera > shop where he offers almost any pentax lens, whatever he has that is, > for the equivalent of US$ 75-100 :)). so would be glad to hear your > opinion of the lens (of course also from others who have used it). a > link to pictures taken with the lens would also be helpful....
it's not great wide open but stopped down 2-3 stops it works pretty darn well. When I tested it against the FA80-320 and A70-210, I was quite surprised to see that when stopped down a bit, it performed on par with the other two. Of course, that makes it a pretty slow lens, but lenses in this focal length range I tend to use on a tripod anyway, and not terribly frequently. Here's a picture or three taken with it: http://homepage.mac.com/ramarren/photo/PAW5/27p.htm http://homepage.mac.com/ramarren/photo/PAW5/21s.htm http://homepage.mac.com/ramarren/photo/PAW5/21r.htm Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
