OT, but I went to B&H to look at that $1/gm idea. I noticed however, that the DA 40 XS and the DA 50 1.8 are both about $250, which is really cheap. They also ruin the $1/gm ratio.
On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 7:53 PM, Steven Desjardins <[email protected]> wrote: > $1/gm for a lens? (ROTFL) > > On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 7:06 PM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On Sep 4, 2012, at 2:26 PM, Darren Addy wrote: >> >>> On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 4:04 PM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> On Sep 4, 2012, at 1:41 PM, John Francis wrote: >>>>> Use my FA* 80-200/2.8 one week, and see if that makes any difference. >>>> >>>> There are two problems with that: >>>> >>>> 1) The FA* 80-200 probably weighs twice what the Tokina does. >>> >>> I just weighed my Tokina 828 and without the metal hood (with caps and >>> polarizer) it weighs 1469 grams. >>> The FA* 80-200 specs at 1510 grams. >>> >>> I think I just eliminated at least one problem for you. >> >> My bathroom scale only has resolution of 100g or .2 lb. My Tokina weighs >> 2.4 pounds, or about 1100 grams. >> >> I borrowed the FA* for a while one day, and after a while walking around the >> beach with it, that sucker got heavy! >> >> That's not to say that I wouldn't love to have one, I'm a sucker for fast >> glass. However the two I found on ebay's completed listings went for >> slightly less then $1/gm. John's one hell of a nice guy, but I expect that >> I'd have a lot better luck asking him to borrow it if I desperately needed >> it for a particular shoot than asking him to discount to anything that I >> could even pretend to be able to afford. >> -- >> Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> 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. > > > > -- > Steve Desjardins -- Steve Desjardins -- 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.
