Um. That should read "..taken with the FA*80-200/2.8", of course. Jostein ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jostein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, June 25, 2004 2:32 PM Subject: Re: FA* 80-200/2.8 discontinued?
> Anyone remember the Chinese PUG contributor Aconquija? > He/she submitted to many of the galleries in 2002, and all the submissions > except one were taken with the FA* 70-200/2.8. > > Here are links to the ones with this lens: > http://pug.komkon.org/02nov/birch.html > http://pug.komkon.org/02sep/paradise.html > http://pug.komkon.org/02aug/grass.html > http://pug.komkon.org/02jul/lotus.html > http://pug.komkon.org/02may/sp.html > http://pug.komkon.org/02apr/tulip.html > > I remember thinking, back then, that if that lens is 10% the reason he can get > such shots, I want one. > > Jostein > > > Quoting Herb Chong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > well, it's better than every other one of my lenses in terms of sharpness > > except the FA 50/2.8 macro. my FA 50/1.4 is too new to compare against. at > > all zoom positions, it's sharper than the FA* 24/2. > > > > Herb.... > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Alan Chan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2004 7:34 PM > > Subject: Re: FA* 80-200/2.8 discontinued? > > > > > > > I keep reading this but there doesn't seem to have any objective evidence > > to > > > prove the Pentax 2.8 zoom is superior. Not that I don't want to believe, > > but > > > even what I consider the most believable results from photodo doesn't give > > > that good score (and their results seem to match my experience so far). > > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. >