David Savage wrote: > 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 > > These are really quite impressive for an old, slow, "consumer" zoom.
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