It's very expensive, weighs enough to make a good anchor for small boat. Oh yes, you probably meant it's optical quality. Never used one unfortunately. It's supposed to be very, very good.
Hal Davis wrote: > What are thoughts on the Pentax A 300mm f2.8? > > >> From: "Henk Terhell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >> To: "'Pentax-Discuss Mail List'" <[email protected]> >> 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 >> > > >> > >> > >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > _________________________________________________________________ > Gear up for Halo® 3 with free downloads and an exclusive offer. > http://gethalo3gear.com?ocid=SeptemberWLHalo3_MSNHMTxt_1 > > -- Remember, it’s pillage then burn. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
