On Jul 14, 2013, at 19:49 , Rick Womer <[email protected]> wrote: > Love the loon pic (and the one preceeding it in your gallery). There's > usually a nesting pair of loons near the cottage we rent in New Hampshire; > you're really lucky to have such a tame one. >
Thank you! > I rise in defense of the 50-200. The corners are soft wide-open. But, it's > -very- light in weight, otherwise sharp, and easily portable. It goes with > me when I hike or take long walks, and the 80-320 did not. One more reason I > rather like APS-C. > I already had this $35 beauty: http://kmp.bdimitrov.de/lenses/zooms/long/F80-200f4.7-5.6.html ..and it is sharper in every regard... and only a shade larger. It looks uglier but takes far sharper images. Wish I'd brought this with me as well. :-( -Charles -- Charles Robinson - [email protected] Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org http://www.facebook.com/charles.robinson -- 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.
