On Sat, Mar 7, 2009 at 6:22 PM, Frits Wüthrich <fritswuthr...@xs4all.nl> wrote: > Yes, on eBay, but for about $1700 or more. > I see a Tamron 70-200mm F2.8 SP Di-LD for 599 euro, > and a Sigma 70-200mm F2.8 II EX DG APO HSM for 659 euro, this lens has > hypersonic drive. > > Anyone that has experience with either one of these?
I know you are referring to the 80-200 here for $1700, but for that money, i can get a D300 and drip, and use lenses i already have.:--) I hear the 60-250 will sell around $1200-1300, some were around there. I think that's to much, considering i can now get a 50-135 for less than 1K here. Dave > > Frits > > Stan Halpin wrote: >> >> Reading the tea leaves and other cryptic signs on the USA Pentax site: >> >> 55/1.4 is shown as New/Buy It Now; >> 15/4.4 is shown as Coming Soon >> 60-250/ is shown. >> >> There is an 80-200/2.8 on eBay right now... >> >> stan >> >> On Mar 2, 2009, at 7:33 PM, Joseph McAllister wrote: >> >>> Latest hint from Pentax is late spring 2009 - "production problems" >>> >>> >>> On Mar 2, 2009, at 15:30 , Frits Wüthrich wrote: >>> >>>> Is there any news about the availability of this lens? I pre ordered >>>> with TeKaDe, it was suppose to arrive around Christmas, de price has gone >>>> down in the mean time, and TeKaDe has no idea when the lens will arrive. I >>>> wonder if I should go for another lens, Tamron or Tokina, don't know who >>>> has >>>> a nice alternative. >>>> >>>> Frits >>> >>> Joseph McAllister >>> Pentaxian >>> >>> http://gallery.me.com/jomac >>> http://web.me.com/jomac/show.me/Blog/Blog.html >>> >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> PDML@pdml.net >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> >> >> > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.