Yes, you are of course right, Mike. What they mean is that the aperture doesn't change, wile zooming. But that's not exactly what it says, at Photodo.com :-(. Regards Jens Bladt
Latest photographs: http://flickr.com/photos/bladt/ http://www.jensbladt.dk +45 56 63 77 11 +45 23 43 85 77 Skype: jensbladt248 -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] vegne af mike wilson Sendt: 1. marts 2007 12:48 Til: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Emne: RE: Pentax FA*250-600/5.6 - Anyone Enabled? > > From: "Jens Bladt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2007/03/01 Thu AM 08:32:48 GMT > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Subject: RE: Pentax FA*250-600/5.6 - Anyone Enabled? > > At www.Photodo.com one can read: > > Manufacturer's Description: "The unique smc P-FA zoom 250-600mm F5.6 lens > provides a moderately long zoom to extremely long zoom range. It features a > fixed aperture setting of 5.6 throughout the zoom range and uses a 43mm rear > filter. An internal focusing system ensures faster and smoother focusing > while a high-refraction extra low dispersion (ED) glass element produces > high-resolution, high-contrast images with true-to-life color rendition. > This lens is great for capturing candid shots from a distance." > > Wasn't this lens originally designed for baseball? > I didn't know it had a fixed aperture @ 5.6! It doesn't - they mean constant. http://www.pentaximaging.com/files/manual/SMC_F_600mmf4_ED(IF)_ZOOM_250-600_ f5.6_ED(IF)_Lenses.pdf > > Regards > > Jens Bladt > > Latest photographs: http://flickr.com/photos/bladt/ > http://www.jensbladt.dk > +45 56 63 77 11 > +45 23 43 85 77 > Skype: jensbladt248 > > -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- > Fra: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] vegne af John > Taylor > Sendt: 1. marts 2007 08:48 > Til: [email protected] > Emne: Pentax FA*250-600/5.6 - Anyone Enabled? > > > Would anyone happen to be lucky enough to posess or even have the > chance to test out the legendary FA*250-600/5.6 Mega Zoom from Pentax? > I'm seriously considering obtaining one I've located, but the jury is > still out on whether it will perform on digital in the same leaque as > its little cousins FA*80-200/2.8 and FA* 28-70/2.8. The price is > right (so to speak) at slightly over 3K, but I still have questions. > > Thanks, > JayT > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.4/705 - Release Date: 02/27/2007 > 15:24 > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.4/705 - Release Date: 02/27/2007 > 15:24 > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > ----------------------------------------- Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.5/706 - Release Date: 02/28/2007 16:09 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.5/706 - Release Date: 02/28/2007 16:09 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
