On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 01:28:02PM -0800, Larry Colen wrote: > On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 03:02:32PM -0600, Darren Addy wrote: > > > > The other lens is also a Tamron SP (that needs no introduction): The > > Tamron 60B SP 300mm F2.8 > > http://www.antiqueauto.org/assets/60B-CL-EDITED.png > > It looks to be in far better condition than most I've seen for sale > > and it comes with BOTH matching long lens Tamron TCs, the 1.4x and the > > 2.0x. These are highly regarded TCs and will give me an effective > > 420mm f/4 and 600mm f5.6 (or effective FOVs of 450mm, 630mm, and 900mm > > on an APS-C camera. > > Congratulations. I have one of those. I was lamenting on facebook > that there was one for sale on craigslist, and I couldn't reach the > seller. A friend told me that he had one gathering dust and offered it > to me for a very good price. As I was picking it up, he mentioned that > he had bought it from his friend John Francis.
Yes. It's a great lens, and a steal at that price - I paid twice that for a lens in KEH BGN condition (with the TCs) around 15 years ago. The only reason I got rid of it was that I picked up a Pentax A* 300/2.8 (plus the Pentax TCs). My PZ-1p had a dodgy "A" pin connection, and every now and then it would intermittently not see the signal from the Tamron KA adapter. That meant I ended up with the occasional shot at f/32 (which is what the camera interprets the lens as being set to on the "A" position). Optically I don't think the A* is significantly better than the Tamron -- 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.
