I had the same "problem" a few months ago. I was even considering seriously the DA* 50-135 - the specs of this lens look just great to me. But after watching large number of samples I decided that I actually like the overall look of images from 50-200 more than from the 50-135 (maybe this is just me). What you loose with 50-200 is of course speed (the f/5.6 at 200mm is rather optimistic) but the color/contrast it offers look just great to me, and I do not mean "considering the price". It is also very compact and the build quality to me is better than for example DA 16-45.
The lens requires substantial correction for back-focus on my k10d. cheers, Pawel On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 6:52 AM, Nick Wright <[email protected]> wrote: > In addition to the k100d super on the way, KEH also had the 18-55 DA-L > in LN condition so I purchased that to supplement my m-50 and m-135. > > But now I'm looking at the telezooms and I'm wondering what you all's > opinions are on the bunch. > > I was looking at the F70-200, but it's the same cost as the newer DA50-200. > > Also the DA will have the quick shift focus system which I would make > heavy use of. > > Thoughts? > > -- > ~Nick David Wright > http://www.nickdavidwright.com/ > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
