Jens Bladt wrote:
A 28-80mm (power)zoom - you know, the one a lot of people seem to
hate.
No reason to hate it. It's not as sharp as (my) Tokina 2.6-2.8 ATX PRO II
28-70.
But befor I bought the Tokina I tested the two lenses Petnax 28-80 vs Tokina
28-70.
I could not see the difference in resolution until I enlarged the slides to
a 50 times enlargment: 1.2 x 1.8m meter.
So, this lens is actually good value for money. I made many brilliant
photographs with this lens.
Fair enough...
The down-side is that it's slow - you'll need a lot of light.
I'd keep them all, unless the A 100-300mm is optically equal to the FA
version, which is a dog.
Actually, it *is* an FA. When I said "A 100-300mm", I just meant "A" as
in the indefinite article, but I realise now that I wasn't being very
clear. It's this version of the FA, though:
http://www.bdimitrov.de/kmp/lenses/zooms/long/FA100-300f4.7-5.8.html -
and not this one:
http://www.bdimitrov.de/kmp/lenses/zooms/long/FA100-300f4.5-5.6.html -
which I'm now hoping is the one you are referring to.
Jens Bladt
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Emne: Many lenses; which too keep?
OK. I just subscribed to this list. Thought I might start by telling you
about my most recent acquisition. I just bought an ME Super and a couple
of lenses at a net auction, on a time of the year when not a lot of
people care to place bids at such sites, I'm assuming, so the price was
not very high...
Anyhow, I'll now have
* A MZ-20 body
* An ME Super body
* A 28-80mm (power)zoom - you know, the one a lot of people seem to
hate.
* A 100-300mm zoom - not the one with the bad reviews this time, but
the latest model; got it second hand a short while ago; it could
hardly have been used at all.
* A 70-210mm/4
* An A-50/1.7
* Another M or A 50/1.7
* A 150mm/3.5
All the lenses are Pentax SMC.
So, any comments on this equipment? Also, I've actually considered
selling some of the lenses, as they do overlap a bit, as you can see.
That's if I can face the idea of parting with them... So, which ones do
you reckon should go? One of the 50mms is an obvious candidate, and so
is the 28-80 if I can get something else in the range, and I think I saw
a used 35-80 in one of the local shops (would that be a better lens?),
but how about the long zooms?
- Toralf
