On Thu, 14 Oct 2010 08:55:11 -0400, you wrote: > KEH is listing one of the semi-legendary F 70-210 f4~5.6 lenses for >only $139.
When did this lens become "semi-legendary"? I've had two; neither was great. I sold my last one for the going rate of about $125 some years ago. It was nicely matched in range and size with the F 24-50/f4, but optically was sub par, suitable only for 4x6 snapshots and cropped 8x10s, at almost every focal length. In the days of when anything faster than ISO 100 was of unexceptional quality, the f5.6 speed was a nuisance. There was a long PDML thread discussing its measured shortcomings some years back. It was poor anywhere near the edges. But of course, using only the center glass on an APS-C camera, it's performance likely increased substantially. Maybe even to semi-legendary status? The problem with "great" glass is that it becomes greater through discussion and praise, rather than objectively evaluated by measurement. I've been as guilty as anyone of promoting lenses based on my limited experience. It is an easy thing to do in the absence of reliable and accurate means of measurement. That said, I have a superb, super fast and semi-legendary M 200/2.5 lens for sale. Cheap, make offer, hurry cause there's a fancy new but soon to be legendary .22 Magnum semi-auto pistol I'm lusting after. . -- John Mustarde Paris, TX -- 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.
