It is nice to have APS sized digital that is accepting manual focus lenses for this purpose. Tokina 80-200 f2.8 + 2X-S = $300 vs $5000 and 3.5kg less weight.
----- Original Message ----- From: "John Francis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2004 3:35 PM Subject: Re: Tokina AT-X 80-200 2.8 manual focus with 2X teleconverter > > You mean the 250-600/f5.6? That *was* made for 35mm! > > Cost is around $7500 or so new (street price). I've seen a couple on > the second-hand market, most recently for something like $5000. > > It weighs 5.5Kg/12lb at the start of the day (and that's without a > camera or any kind of support). By the end of the day it weighs at > least twice that much :-(

