The 70-210/4 if it's under $100, otherwise a used SMC-DA 50-200 f4-5.6 is a better choice.
I've owned the M 200/4 (actually the XR Rikenon, which is optically identical and physically almost identical as well, as far as I can tell Pentax made the lens for Ricoh, the only way to tell the difference between it and the SMC-M version is by the lettering or the DoF marking cutout, which differs slightly), the A 70-210/4 and the DA 50-200. The latter is optically the best of the three, although the difference is small and all are good, its the smallest, the best handling and offers AF. The only reason not to buy it is if film use of the lens is important or you absolutely must have f4 at 200mm. A DA 50-200 should run a little over $100 on eBay. Payed $150CDN for mine. -Adam On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 6:40 PM, Eric Weir <[email protected]> wrote: > > I've won an SMC A 28mm f2.8 on eBay for $90. Other sellers were asking a > little to a lot more. > > I'm also thinking about a telephoto lens. If it was between an SMC A 70-210mm > F4 Macro and an SMC M 200mm f4, both about the same price. Assuming a > limited budget, and limited set of lenses already in hand, what would you > choose? [My camera's a *ist DS.] > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Eric Weir > Decatur, GA USA > [email protected] > > > > > > -- > 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. > -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- 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.
