Mike and Kenneth I did check out the FA 4.5 300mm at PentaxForums. And @ Photozone reveiw (IIRC). This lens is not realy a competition to niether the DA or the F vessions of a 300mm F4 or 4.5, which are better choises, I believe.
Regards Jens -- Treat others as you would like to be treated yourself. On Apr 4, 2011 20:21 "Ken Waller" <kwal...@peoplepc.com> wrote: > Kenneth Waller > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller > ----- 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 > >> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller > >> > >> ----- 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. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > 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 PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
