The Tokina is pretty good. Many of those f2.8 zooms are good if stopped down a bit, which is till pretty fast on a sunny day outside. The 300 is the K model, which would probably be Ok with the monopod on the body and shake reduction on. The only problem I see is panning the shake reduction on. Also, I admit the my quick focusing skills have deteriorated so MF may take some getting used to.
>>> "Bob Sullivan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 7/12/2007 2:06 PM >>> Steve, Is the Tokina good quality? The extra reach isn't worth poorer results. Regards, Bob S. On 7/12/07, Steve Desjardins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey folks, > > I know that some of you have shot motorcycle races (I seem to remember > mark Roberts talking about the Ohio Mids). Next month I'm going to the > AMA Superbike race at the Virginia International Raceway and I want to > start thinking about how to do this so I can prciatce a bit. I'm > planning to use the K10D with a B/M Monopod, but I'm trying to work out > the lenses. I have the following options: > > 1. Tokina 70-200 f2.8 AF (not the ATX Pro model) > 2. An older Sigma 100-300 f4.5-6.3 > 3. Pentax 300 f4 > > The Tokina would be obvious but it has the least reach. I'd have to > work out the exposure issues with the Pentax 300 on the K10D, it's MF, > and had no tripod mount of the lens. The Sigma is light but slow and is > simply not as good a lens as the other two. Suggestions on this or > anything else? Thanks. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
