Kenneth Waller
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----- Original Message -----
From: "mike wilson" <m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com>
Subject: Re: Choosing long telephoto lens
On 03/04/2011 23:52, Ken Waller wrote:
Kenneth Waller
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----- Original Message ----- From: "mike wilson"
<m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com>
Subject: Re: Choosing long telephoto lens
On 03/04/2011 11:32, Jens 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).
Tamron 300/2.8s are going for less than those prices these days.
Thats good news but you should be prepared for the extra bulk and weight
of it over say a 300 f4.5FA. I haven't shot with the Tamron but it is
defimitely not as hand-holdable as the 4.5.
I would argue that there isn't a 300mm made that is hand holdable, if you
want to take decent pictures.
I think you'd loose that argument.
While I agree mouinting a 300 f4.5 to a tripod is preferred, hand holding
the same lens can give perfectly satisfactory results - check out the 300mm
f4.5 FA section of the PPG sometime.
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