Zos,
The shots I made were not well executed enough to base a qualified opinion
on, I'm afraid.
But the first impression was definately positive. It's big, but not terribly
heavy, and handles pretty well for its size, I think. If I didn't have a
long lens, it would be a serious contender. Bloody lot of money, but serious
nonetheless.
On the other hand I don't think I'll trade my Sigma for it now. The half
stop brighter viewfinder counts for something, as does the lower weight and
easier handling.
Jostein
----- Original Message -----
From: "Zos Xavius" <[email protected]>
To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, February 22, 2013 4:51 AM
Subject: Re: Hands-on with 560mm :-)
So now that you have had this lens for a while, how do you think it
compares to the sigma 500? worth the extra money? The sigma looks a
lot smaller, but is also much more optically complex. that pentax lens
looks massive, even collapsed.
On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 10:44 PM, [email protected]
<[email protected]> wrote:
Cool!
cheers,
frank
--- Original Message ---
From: "Jostein Øksne" <[email protected]>
Sent: February 19, 2013 2/19/13
To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]>
Subject: Hands-on with 560mm :-)
Today my pusher got the 560mm in house. Since I had the time, I popped by
for a drool'n'fondle. First impressions are that it's mechanically well
built and quite reasonable to handle considering the focal length. It is
a
lot lighter than the FA*600/4, but a bit heavier than the Sigma 500/4.5.
I
took a picture of the two together with my crappy cellphone, which Stig
Vidar has put online before I even got back to my computer...:-)
http://album.heime.org/album/diverse/da560.jpg
The camera pictured is a K-5IIs with a DA*200/2.8, just for reference.
There may be test pictures forthcoming another day.
Jostein
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