Back in 2009 I developed the same itch and eventually bought a Tokina SL-400 F5.6 on eBay. It's a total pain in the butt to work with but there are a few things you can't photograph any other way.. A few samples at http://www.google.com/search?as_q=tokina&as_sitesearch=tbray.org, none of them really excellent, so either it wasn't a good choice or I just haven't tried hard enough. -Tim
On Sun, Apr 3, 2011 at 2:32 AM, Jens <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi list > Opinions wanted. > I have been wanting a long telphoto lens for some time. For supplementing my > FA 2.8 80-200mm. > > Looking at ebay I can chose from two excellent lenses: > Sigma EX 100-300mm F4 ( perhaps 600-800 Euros)- not DG but for full frame > (still got many film SLR's). > Pentax DA 300mm F4 (offered to me for 750 Euros) - digital only (APS-C). > > I am leaning towards the Sigma lens because of the zoom, I guess I'll use > this one more often. Is the Pentax DA lens so much better, that I should > forget about the zooming options? > Actually there's a FA 300mm F4.5 too - but I dont know anything about this > lens. > Does anyone know anything about the FA? I guess the price will be almost the > same - apr. 1000 USD. > > And there's (always) the SMC F 300mm F4 too - but currently one is for sale > (BIN) for 1200 Euros (close to 1800 USD, which is too steep for me). > > Thanks > Jens > > > > -- > Treat others as you would like to be treated yourself. > > > -- > 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.
