It they are the same price go with the 70-210. From my own experience,
I have a number of 70=210 lenses, the SMC Pentax F f4.0~5.6 the vmc
Vivitar Series 1, f2.8~4.0, (the third version of that lens with the A
contracts), and the Vivitar Series 1 f3.5, (the second version, no A
contracts), and the M 200 f4.0. The latter two lenses don't see much
use. The inability to use open aperture metering makes them just two
inconvenient, dispute their wonderful optics.. I did some testing of
all of those lenses at 200mm and found the difference in quality to be
too small for me to notice. By all accounts the A 70-210 is very good
optically maybe better than the SMCP F 70-210 or either Vivitar. The
only reason to go with the M 200 is if you want to pair down the weight
you're carrying around. The A 70-210 is somewhat heavier..
On 7/22/2010 5:50 PM, Eric Weir wrote:
I've won an SMC A 28mm f2.8 on eBay for $90. Other sellers were asking a little
to a lot more.
I'm also thinking about a telephoto lens. If it was between an SMC A 70-210mm
F4 Macro and an SMC M 200mm f4, both about the same price. Assuming a limited
budget, and limited set of lenses already in hand, what would you choose? [My
camera's a *ist DS.]
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Eric Weir
Decatur, GA USA
eew...@bellsouth.net
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