And don't forget, the SMC PENTAX-A 70-210mm covers full frame that may come in handy in the future if and when Pentax gets around to releasing a professonal FF digital SLR.
-- J.C. O'Connell (mailto:hifis...@gate.net) Join the CD PLAYER & DISC Discussions : http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cdplayers/ http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/cdsound/ -----Original Message----- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Eric Weir Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2010 6:50 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Lenses again, again 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. -- 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.
