Jens - I have had the 300mm f4.5 FA for the last 13 years IIRC, and I highly
recommend it. The major rap against it is the lack of tripod collar, but
I've found it to be a non issue. Its easy to hand hold IMO.
I've used it in all sorts of weather, from below freezing to around 100
Degrees F with absolutely no issues at all. It has no clearance access in
the hood for adjusting a polarizer filter and the hood is stored in reverse
orientation on the body.
Kenneth Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jens" <p...@planfoto.dk>
Subject: Choosing long telephoto lens
Hi list
Opinions wanted.
I have been wanting a long telphoto lens for some time. For supplementing
my FA 2.8 80-200mm.
Looking at ebay I can chose from two excellent lenses:
Sigma EX 100-300mm F4 ( perhaps 600-800 Euros)- not DG but for full frame
(still got many film SLR's).
Pentax DA 300mm F4 (offered to me for 750 Euros) - digital only (APS-C).
I am leaning towards the Sigma lens because of the zoom, I guess I'll use
this one more often. Is the Pentax DA lens so much better, that I should
forget about the zooming options?
Actually there's a FA 300mm F4.5 too - but I dont know anything about this
lens.
Does anyone know anything about the FA? I guess the price will be almost
the same - apr. 1000 USD.
And there's (always) the SMC F 300mm F4 too - but currently one is for
sale (BIN) for 1200 Euros (close to 1800 USD, which is too steep for me).
Thanks
Jens
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