Vivitar series 1 70 210 f 3.5 62mm filter size. Vivitar Series 1 70-210 f 3.5 67mm filter size. Both very good lenses from personal experience, solidly built manual focus available in very good to excellent condition for less than $150 if you shop around.
At 11:09 AM 9/16/03 +0530, you wrote:
Hi all,
I have been reading the posts for around 5-6 months now. I have a Pentax ME Super with M50/1.7 (and a PZ-1 also which I don't use though).
I now realize that I would like to have a longish zoom for taking portraits of family, street photography, birds etc. Also, I have never done macro but would want that feature as well.
IIRC, from the past posts some good long zoom lenses are:
F 70-210 f/4-5.6 A 70-210 f/4 FA 80-320 f/4.5-5.6 Tamron 70-210 f/3.5 (manual focus?) Tokina ATX 100-300 f/4 (manual focus?) Vivitar Series I 90-180 f/4.5 Any other?
. I am a hobbyist photographer, not even a serious amateur so build quality need not be very strong since I shoot 1-2 roll a month. . Manual Focus is fine since I will primarily use ME Super. . I prefer the reach of 300 mm, if possible. . Want to spend less than $150 (whis is Indian Rs. 7000). . Want macro (will I need/use it?). . Prefer not to be too heavy (less than 500g for sure) . I don't mind non-Pentax. . I had a Pentax 28-200 f/3.5-5.6 IF and wasn't extremely pleased with it so would want better optics.
Is anybody selling anything that will meet my requirements? I saw Wendy is selling the A 70-210 f/4. Maybe that will be good since I bought my ME Super from her :-)
Thanks so much!! Gaurav
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