On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 05:03:36PM -0400, Adam Maas scripsit: > On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 3:49 PM, Graydon<[email protected]> wrote: [snip] > > And, yes, perhaps I should stop trying to take pictures of wretchedly > > crepuscular songbirds. Or inside zoo buildings on cloudy days. Or > > under forest canopies. Or at the other end of long rooms inside. Or > > of specific members of the orchestra after the house lights have dimmed. > > > > But, well, I've been known to try all of those, and a sharp-wide-open > > fast medium tele -- what I suspect Pentax thinks of as a long tele -- > > would be really useful. > > Is AF a requirement?
Nice, but not necessary. > If not I can think of 7 different current-production lenses that fit > your requirements. of course none are Pentax's. All are KA mount. Well, one of the requirements is _length_ -- 100 to 200 mm. [snip] > Makro-Planar 100mm f2 [snip] > The Zeiss 35mm f2 and 100mm f2 are arguably the finest lenses ever > sold at those focal length/aperture combinations. Which is why the ZK 100/2 is on the list right after the 60-250. Oddly enough, it doesn't look like anyone makes a really sharp 200/2 in KA mount. -- Graydon -- 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.
