I faced the same question and went for the Pentax 60-250. I haven't had any regrets. It's weather sealed, well built, and its optimum stop is wide open up to about 180 mm and f5.6 at longer focal lengths. That makes it superb at doing the job it was built for. An f2.8 lens that isn't sharp until f5.6 offers no real advantage. Paul
On Dec 17, 2010, at 6:39 PM, Cory Waters wrote: > Thinking about surprising Santa this year and stuffing my own stocking. > I'd likely use the lens for youth soccer (futball), nature, and auto racing > shots. > I know the 2.8 would be nice (faster is ALWAYS better, right?) > The Pentax lens has a bit more reach in either direction. My current lens > for shooting these soccer games is the DA 50-200. I get decent shots but but > they mostly need cropping. The extra 50mm would be nice and I'd be moving > from 5.6 to F4 so that's better. > The Pentax would have better integration with my K10 and future bodies. > Do any of the 3rd party lenses work with the supersonic focus motor? > > The Pentax lens is more than a little bit more money though... > > What to do? > > Cory > > -- > 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.
