On Jul 22, 2010, at 6:55 PM, Adam Maas wrote: > 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,
I agree. The DA 50-200 is a surprisingly good lens. Excellent for the money. Paul > 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. -- 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.
