Thanks so much for the offer John! "BGN" condition is of no consequence to me, I am really hard on my gear, and most of my stuff ain't pretty anymore. :) My 28-70/2.8 Tokin at-x pro, has seen one too many beach shoots I'm afraid and crunches like there's no tomorrow when focusing. :)
In saying that, I have decided to go with the DA* 50-135, purely as it is lighter, and weather sealed which is important for my shooting style. I am embarking on a collaboration with a really well known aussie photographer (he shoots Nikon!), and we are going to be doing a series of underwater work, so the more sealing I can get on my gear, the better, just in case something should give way in the housing that I am using and I end up with some drips in there... Thanks again though! t.x. -----Original Message----- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of John Francis Sent: Wednesday, 24 August 2011 9:26 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Best 80-200mm? I'm actually giving that some serious thought. It's cosmetically in "KEH BGN" condition; it's had quite a lot of use around racetracks, where there's a lot of concrete walls, rough surfaces, etc. But it went back to Pentax in 2007 for a repair and tune-up (the internal focussing mechanism had to be replaced), and it hasn't had too much use since then, so it ought to be in good operating condition. There seem to be several of them being offered on eBay at buy-it-now prices ranging from $1448 to $2000. I'd guess that would suggest that a fair price for mine is probably somewhere in the $1000 - $1200 range. On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 08:18:40AM +1000, Tanya Love wrote: > Hey John, you wanna sell the 80-200? :-) > > Sent from my iPhone > > On 24/08/2011, at 2:39 AM, John Francis <jo...@panix.com> wrote: > > > On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 10:51:27PM +1000, Tanya Love wrote: > >> > >> Hey guys, > >> > >> I know this has probably been discussed a gazillion times over, but > >> in your opinions, what is the best Pentax mount 80-200mm/f2.8 (or equivalent)? > >> Happy to go third party if it can be justified... > >> > >> Tan.x. > > > > I own both the FA* 80-200/f2.8 and the DA* 60-250/f4 > > > > Both are excellent lenses (the 80-200 was my go-to motorsports lens > > in the film days, and works just as well on the DSLRs). > > > > I've only recently accquired the 60-250, but from my initial > > experiences I suspect it means the 80-200 isn't going to see much > > use; I doubt if I'm going to need full-frame coverage (especially > > for a telephoto lens), and modern sensors are so much better that the loss of one stop is tolerable. > > There's little enough depth of field at f/4 (for subject isolation), > > so that isn't too much of a limitation either, and there's always > > the 50-135 covering the low end of the range if I absolutely must > > have f/2.8 > > > > > > -- > > 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. -- 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.
