A 400/2.8 and A70-210/4

2007-02-16 Thread Igor Roshchin
- Original Message - From: Jim King Subject: Re: A 400/2.8 and A70-210/4 http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1036message=22065098 Looks _great_! (pun intended) It requires a serious tripod, like the original TiltAll.. It appears that this lens became #100 in your

Re: A 400/2.8 and A70-210/4

2007-02-16 Thread Kenneth Waller
Jim, Email me off list - I have something you may be interested in. Also noted from the dpreview, that we live close to each other. Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: Igor Roshchin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: A 400/2.8 and A70-210/4 - Original Message - From: Jim

Re: A 400/2.8 and A70-210/4

2007-02-15 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Jim King Subject: Re: A 400/2.8 and A70-210/4 http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1036message=22065098 Sweet. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: A 400/2.8 and A70-210/4

2007-02-15 Thread Jim King
Igor Roshchin wrote on Thu, 08 Feb 2007 19:15:20 -0800 Jim, I am glad it was helpful to someone on this list. I just hope it's a good one that you'll be happy with. Good luck! Igor PS. If I ever meet you in person, I would be curious to try the feel of this god-child. :-) The lens

Re: A 400/2.8 and A70-210/4

2007-02-11 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Thu, 8 Feb 2007, Igor Roshchin wrote: BTW, there was a recent eBay auction where you can see the trunk it normally comes with: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=190071886400 It's impressive. :-) Wow! Thanks Igor. Kostas -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: A 400/2.8 and A70-210/4

2007-02-08 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Wed, 7 Feb 2007, Igor Roshchin wrote: Heavy on the pocket and beyond: Seemingly a rear lens: A 400/2.8 http://www.adorama.com/US%20%20%20%20248576.html The price seems to be rather reasonable: $2.5K for this expensive lens. (I cannot justify anything over $1000 for myself.)

A 400/2.8 and A70-210/4

2007-02-08 Thread Jim King
Igor Roshchin wrote on Wed, 07 Feb 2007 12:32:52 -0800: (snip) Heavy on the pocket and beyond: Seemingly a rear lens: A 400/2.8 http://www.adorama.com/US%20%20%20%20248576.html The price seems to be rather reasonable: $2.5K for this expensive lens. (I cannot justify anything over $1000

A 400/2.8 and A70-210/4

2007-02-08 Thread Jim King
Igor Roshchin wrote on Wed, 07 Feb 2007 12:32:52 -0800: (snip) Heavy on the pocket and beyond: Seemingly a rear lens: A 400/2.8 http://www.adorama.com/US%20%20%20%20248576.html The price seems to be rather reasonable: $2.5K for this expensive lens. (I cannot justify anything over $1000

Re: A 400/2.8 and A70-210/4

2007-02-08 Thread John Francis
On Thu, Feb 08, 2007 at 12:22:23PM -0500, Jim King wrote: Thanks (I think) for the post, Igor. I've been looking for a copy of this monster in reasonably good condition and at a reasonable price for my collection of A and A* primes. I pulled the trigger and ordered it from Adorama

Re: A 400/2.8 and A70-210/4

2007-02-08 Thread Igor Roshchin
Thu Feb 8 04:35:24 EST 2007 Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote: On Wed, 7 Feb 2007, Igor Roshchin wrote: Heavy on the pocket and beyond: Seemingly a rear lens: A 400/2.8 http://www.adorama.com/US%20%20%20%20248576.html The price seems to be rather reasonable: $2.5K for this expensive lens. (I

Re: A 400/2.8 and A70-210/4

2007-02-08 Thread John Francis
On Thu, Feb 08, 2007 at 09:24:40PM -0500, Igor Roshchin wrote: Thu Feb 8 04:35:24 EST 2007 Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote: On Wed, 7 Feb 2007, Igor Roshchin wrote: Heavy on the pocket and beyond: Seemingly a rear lens: A 400/2.8 http://www.adorama.com/US%20%20%20%20248576.html The

Re: A 400/2.8 and A70-210/4

2007-02-08 Thread Igor Roshchin
Jim, I am glad it was helpful to someone on this list. I just hope it's a good one that you'll be happy with. Good luck! Igor PS. If I ever meet you in person, I would be curious to try the feel of this god-child. :-) On Thu, Feb 08, 2007 at 12:22:23PM -0500, Jim King wrote: Thanks (I

A 400/2.8 and A70-210/4

2007-02-07 Thread Igor Roshchin
Hello everybody! I remember somebody was looking for an A70-210 recently. Adorama seems to have a moderately ($84) priced one: http://www.adorama.com/US%20%20%20%20248565.html and another one ($94): http://www.adorama.com/US%20%20%20%20230458.html Heavy on the pocket and beyond: Seemingly a

Re: A 400/2.8 and A70-210/4

2007-02-07 Thread P. J. Alling
Igor Roshchin wrote: Hello everybody! I remember somebody was looking for an A70-210 recently. Adorama seems to have a moderately ($84) priced one: http://www.adorama.com/US%20%20%20%20248565.html and another one ($94): http://www.adorama.com/US%20%20%20%20230458.html Heavy on the pocket