What are thoughts on the Pentax A 300mm f2.8?
From: "Henk Terhell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: RE: The occasional 300mm
Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 17:06:56 +0200
I got the FA 80-320/4.5-5.6 for many years (the black edition) but
almost never use it because I find it very soft from around 200 mm (on
film and digital), whereas the DA 50-200/4-5.6 has not disappointed me
at all.
Henk
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
> Behalf Of David J Brooks
> Sent: 10 September, 2007 4:24 PM
> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List
> Subject: Re: The occasional 300mm
>
>
> Not sure if it was Bruce or Paul S but one of themhad the
> 80-320 and those pictures looked pretty good.
>
> I think very highly of the Sigma 300F4.
>
> Dave
>
> 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...
> >
> > Bong
> > --
> > Bong Manayon
> > http://www.bong.uni.cc
> >
>
>
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