If you need it, buy it. I bought a used FA* 400, took it to Alaska and got some nice shots of bears etc. When I got back home, I sold it and bought a used FA* 300. Both are fine lenses, but for me (even on the K-1) the 400 is just too long. On an APS-C body, it is way too long! Again, for me, it is not usable without a tripod, and it has too narrow a field of view for what I am likely to shoot. If/when I go back to Alaska I may buy or rent a 400mm for the trip but I can’t see keeping one on the shelf in my closet.
I keep hoping that Ricoh will release a 1.4x teleconverter for the K-1 bodies, and that would allow me to have both! stan > On May 18, 2018, at 10:09 AM, Subash Jeyan <pdml.l...@gmail.com> wrote: > > i recently used for 4 days the FA* 300/4.5 of a friend and liked it > quite a bit. i've been looking at buying (may be, perhaps) the FA* 400 > and would love to hear perspectives/opinions of those who have used it: > the IQ, how it handles, etc... > > the only source for them is of course Ebay, mostly from Korean/Japanese > sellers. i am a little wary of buying the DA* 300 because of the SDM > problems... > > i can buy the DFA 150-450 but it is prohibitively expensive here. for > the price, i can buy a nikon d7200 and the nikkor 200-500/5.6...., > which is another option... > > thanks for your inputs. appreciate them. > > ~subash > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
