On Jul 22, 2010, at 6:22 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: > 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..
Thanks, PJ. I hear a preference for prime lenses, but the ability to control aperture from the camera body really appeals to me. The folks quoted about the a 70-210 on Stan Halpin's site spoke very highly of it. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Weir Decatur, GA USA eew...@bellsouth.net -- 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.
