On Fri, Nov 07, 2014 at 06:19:17AM +0200, Alan C wrote: > Thanks for all the kind comments. I had some other shots in a sequence but > this was the best. Unfortunately the FA 100-300 is soft at the long end - I > really need a better lens. > > Alan C
That's a slippery slope you're starting down! Almost 20 years ago (is it really that long?) I had a PZ-1p with the FA 28-105/f4.0-5.6 and the FA 100-300, and I too felt that the 100-300 was a little soft at the long end (although I got some pretty good shots with it!). My first mistake was to try an A* lens - the 200/2.8. The difference between that and the 100-300 was all too easy to see, unfortunately. Over the years since then I've picked up some pretty good lenses on the used market: a FA* 80-200/2.8, an A* 300/2.8, and I was even lucky enough to come across an affordable example of the the superb FA* 250-600/f5.6. (I no longer have the A* 200/2.8, but it went to a good home with another local PDML member). Nowadays I mostly use the DA* zooms (the 16-50 and 60-250 are in the kit I start with, backed up by the 250-600 if I know I'll need more reach). I also accquired an FA 80-320 in a three-way trade (I had an M 80-200/f4 I bought back in 1978 and which I was no longer using; I traded that to somebody who wanted that lens, and was offering in exchange a lens which in turn was wanted by somebody with the 80-320). While it's not as good as the star lenses, I'd consider it to be an upgrade for the 100-300 if you want to keep to anything like a reasonable budget ... -- 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.
