I'm pleased to see that my personal favorite, the K 85-210/3.5 garnered three votes. This big old lens is incredibly sharp. I didn't vote for it because it's not the lens I'd buy if I could have anything I want. That would have to be the second place FA* 250-600. (In truth, I didn't vote at all, since I'm not a zoom kind of guy.) But the old K 85-210/3.5 is a nice zoom for people who don't use zooms. I keep mine on the top shelf and admire it once a year or so :-) Paul
Arnold Stark wrote: > > Here they are: The Results of the Telephoto Zoom Poll! > > The favourite SMC Pentax Telephoto Zooms: > > 1st place (17 votes, 41 points): FA*80-200/f2.8 ED&IF > > 2nd place (8 votes, 18 points) FA*250-600/5.6 ED&IF > > 3rd place (6 votes, 14 points) F*250-600/5.6 ED&IF > > 4th pace (6 votes, 11 points): A70-210/f4 > > 5th place (3 votes, 8 points): F70-210/f4-5.6 > 5th place (3 votes, 8 points) K135-600/f6.7 > > 7th place (3 votes, 5 points) K85-210/f3.5 > > 8th place (2 votes, 4 points) FA80-320/f4.5-5.6 > 8th place (3 votes, 4 points) K400-600/8-12 Reflex > > 10th place (2 votes, 2 points) K45-125/f4 > > 11th place (1 vote, 1 point): M80-200/f4.5 (version 1) > 11th place (1 vote, 1 point): F80-200/f4.7-5.6 > > 2.) Favourite 3rd party telephoto zoom > > 6 votes: Tokina AT-X 80-200/2.8 > 4 votes: Tokina AT-X 100-300/4 > 4 votes: Sigma EX 100-300/4 > 3 votes: Tokina AT-X 840AF AF 80-400 f/4.5-5.6 > 1 vote: Sigma EX 50-500 > 1 vote: Tokina AT-X 60-120/2.8 > 1 vote: Angenieux 70-210/3.5 > 1 vote: Sigma 70-200/f2.8 EX > 1 vote: Sigma EX 80-200/2.8 > > 3.) If you were dreaming, what would be your ideal (but realistic) SMC > Pentax telephoto zoom lens for k-mount? > > 5 votes: FA* 100-300/4 ED [IF] > 3 votes: FA* 70-210/4 ED [IF] > 1 vote: FA* 45-125mm f/2.8 > 1 vote: SMC-FA* 70-200/4 ED & IF > 1 vote: FA*72-226/f2.8 > 1 vote: FA*80-200/f2.8 ED&IF (Non Power Zoom) > 1 vote: Pentax FA* 80-320/f2.8 > 1 vote: FA*100-300 / f3.5-4.5 ED&IF > 1 vote: FA* 150-400 F4-5.6 ED&IF > 1 vote: M Reflex 1000-2000mm F13.5 > > 21 PDML members contributed to this poll. A big THANK YOU to them! > > Arnold
