On Tue, 28 Jul 2009 07:31 -0400, "paul stenquist" <[email protected]> wrote: > Some have had good luck with the FA 100-300, but the consensus is that > it's not as good. > Check ebay. I sold my 80-320 two weeks ago on ebay. It went for $130 > to a fellow in Australia. Shipping was $31, and it arrived in less > than a week.
Hmmm - pity my 80-320 didn't die a couple of weeks earlier..... Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ > On Jul 28, 2009, at 6:57 AM, Brian Walters wrote: > > > G'day all > > > > Sadly, my FA 80-320 mm zoom has started to play up. It can no longer > > focus at infinity beyond about the 180 mm setting. It seems to work > > OK > > otherwise. > > > > I'm considering the DA 55-300 mm as a replacement but I've seen a > > couple > > of FA 100-300 zooms go for reasonable prices recently. > > > > Does anyone have experience with the FA 100-300, particularly in > > comparison to the 80-320, which I think is excellent? > > > > > > Cheers > > > > Brian > > > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > Brian Walters > > Western Sydney Australia > > http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ > > -- > > > > > > -- > > http://www.fastmail.fm - Or how I learned to stop worrying and > > love email again > > > > > > -- > > 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. -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Accessible with your email software or over the web -- 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.

