I use the 50-200 a lot. It could be faster, it could be sharper at the edges, but optically it is very good and the size and weight are great.
Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Tue, 8/11/09, Michael Beacom <mbea...@mac.com> wrote: > Boris- > Penn Camera is dropping Pentax- I bought a DA 50-200 f4-5.6 > there last weekend for $150- the salesman said that was less > than their price. > BTW- that is where I bought my K100D. > [While I have my hand up, what is the general opinion of > the lens?] > > Cheers > Mike > > > On Aug 11, 2009, at 8:03 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: > > > I went to Penn Camera some days ago (sounds odd, > doesn't it? ;-) ), > > but Pentax was all but non-existent there. Few old > manual lenses in > > the used gear department, nothing in the new gear > department. When > > asked whether they had K-7 battery, the clerk > indicated that he had no > > idea what I was talking about and asked for the part > number or some > > such... > > > > On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 5:10 PM, John Celio<n...@neovenator.com> > wrote: > >> Yesterday at the SF stop of the Pentax K-7 Viral > Tour, someone asked why it > >> was so hard to find Pentax equipment in local > stores. One of the reps said > >> they were actively working to correct that, and > gave two heartening > >> examples. > >> > >> 1. Keeble & Shuchat, a big pro camera > shop in San Jose was now stocking the > >> K-7 and new lenses (a former coworker of mine who > works there now had told > >> me last winter they were dropping Pentax, so this > is a nice about-face), and > >> supposedly other camera shops are doing the > same. I suppose your local > >> mileage may vary, but this can only be a good sign > in general. > >> > >> 2. Fry's Electronics, a (mostly) west coast > chain of GIANT electronics > >> stores, is now carrying the K-7 and > accessories. This is awesome for a > >> couple reasons. First, in a recession, lots > of people go to places like > >> Fry's to find deals, so the K-7 will get a little > more exposure there. > >> Second, when the day comes that I can afford my > own K-7 (I have a K-7 poster > >> on the wall now as motivation), I'll be able to > buy it locally. I much > >> prefer that to ordering from the east coast. > >> > >> John > >> > >> -- > >> http://www.neovenator.com > >> http://www.cafepress.com/calemp > >> http://www.cafepress.com/neovenatorphoto > >> > >> -- > >> 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. > >> > > > > > > > > --Boris > > > > -- > > 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.
