> > From: "Bong Manayon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2007/09/12 Wed AM 07:19:32 GMT > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: The occasional 300mm > > For Pentax? The Tamron site says it's only for C & N... > > Bong
There _was_ a Pentax version but maybe it has been withdrawn now that Pentax is so popular. > > On 9/12/07, Paulus Eriksson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have that lens (Tamron 300/2.8 AF) and can confirm that its a great lens. > > > > Paul > > > > -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- > > Från: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] För mike wilson > > Skickat: den 11 september 2007 22:53 > > Till: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > Ämne: Re: The occasional 300mm > > > > John Francis wrote: > > > > > On Tue, Sep 11, 2007 at 12:53:01PM +0000, mike wilson wrote: > > > > > >>>From: Doug Franklin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >>>Date: 2007/09/11 Tue PM 12:30:41 GMT > > >>>To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > > >>>Subject: Re: The occasional 300mm > > >>> > > >>>Hal Davis wrote: > > >>> > > >>>>What are thoughts on the Pentax A 300mm f2.8? > > >>> > > >>>It's a great lens, but /expensive/. I paid less for all of my cameras > > >>>and lenses put together ... well, that's a /little/ bit of an > > >>>exaggeration, but not a terrible one. ;-) > > >>> > > >> > > >>The Tamron equivalent seems to be a good lens and can be comparatively > > cheap. > > > > > > > > > It is. I used to have the Tamron until I came across the Pentax > > > at a price I couldn't refuse (not as good as $1200, though :-). > > > > > > Realistically you're going to be hard put to tell the difference > > > between the Pentax and the Tamron, either on their own or with > > > the appropriate matched 1.4x teleconverters. I did a brick wall > > > test, and found that they were practically indistinguishable. > > > About the only real difference is that you do, of course, have > > > to use the adaptall mount on the Tamron, and that's one more > > > mechanical linkage to go wrong. > > > > > > > > >>But my first thoughts are "BIG!" and "HEAVY!" > > > > > > > > > The Tamron is no smaller, and hardly any lighter. But it is > > > significantly cheaper (around half the price). > > > > > > At current prices you could probably get a new Sigma 300/2.8 > > > for less than you'd pay for a used Pentax, and get auto-focus > > > as well. I have no first-hand experience of the Sigma, but > > > I've heard people speak well of them. > > > > > > > > Tamron does an AF version now, which obviates the ADII mount. I think > > it is about £2500 new. > > > > -- > > 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: 7.5.485 / Virus Database: 269.13.15/1002 - Release Date: 2007-09-11 > > 17:46 > > > > > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > Version: 7.5.485 / Virus Database: 269.13.15/1002 - Release Date: 2007-09-11 > > 17:46 > > > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > > -- > Bong Manayon > http://www.bong.uni.cc > > -- > 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
