On 9/10/07, Bong Manayon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi everyone! > > My professional work does not really require anything longer than my > 28-105 or 135mm lenses but ever so often I wished I had something > longer. I had a Sigma 55-200 for a while but I sold that one. I was > thinking of getting the DA 50-200 but I would like to use it on my > film bodies as well so why not something like the FA J 75-300? My > problem is I could never really get my hands on one (there's none in > the Philippines; have to get it online) to test it and it does suffer > bad rep for being 'cheap' so I wonder how bad it really is. > > Your thoughts? Is that a waste of time and should I get something > like the FA 80-320 (there's a couple of old stocks floating around > locally)? Or, maybe even Sigma's or Tamron's 70-300? Their prices > float around $150...
I can't recommend the DA 50-200. I bought one while on my recent trip because I needed something longer than what I had taken with me. And I was underwhelmed with it's performance. The 80-320 isn't too bad for the price. All but the last 2 of these were taken with it: <http://www.arach.net.au/~savage/GESO/GESO_001/index.html> I'm pretty harsh on these consumer zooms, since having got the FA* 80-200mm. Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
