I owned an A*300 f/2.8 for a number of years and during that time made a few halfhearted efforts to sell it. I do have a couple of keepers that I wouldn't have if I hadn't lugged it all over the North American continent for so long. Finally sold it about two year ago. I, then, lusted after the DA*60~250 for a couple years. Thankfully, during my wait I came to my senses and bought the DA*50~135. Much more practical for my type of shooting. I'm now glad I "waited". What a wonderful lens it is!
Jack --- On Sun, 3/8/09, Frits Wüthrich <fritswuthr...@xs4all.nl> wrote: > From: Frits Wüthrich <fritswuthr...@xs4all.nl> > Subject: Re: DA*60-250 > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> > Date: Sunday, March 8, 2009, 1:48 PM > I have it confirmed by TeKaDe the price of the 60-250 will > be 999 euros > or perhaps even less then that. > Sometimes I wonder if the 50-135 wouldnt be a better > choice, given an > extra stop and it is available. > > Frits > > David J Brooks wrote: > > 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. > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > > -- > 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.
