I'm actually giving that some serious thought. It's cosmetically in "KEH BGN" condition; it's had quite a lot of use around racetracks, where there's a lot of concrete walls, rough surfaces, etc. But it went back to Pentax in 2007 for a repair and tune-up (the internal focussing mechanism had to be replaced), and it hasn't had too much use since then, so it ought to be in good operating condition.
There seem to be several of them being offered on eBay at buy-it-now prices ranging from $1448 to $2000. I'd guess that would suggest that a fair price for mine is probably somewhere in the $1000 - $1200 range. On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 08:18:40AM +1000, Tanya Love wrote: > Hey John, you wanna sell the 80-200? :-) > > Sent from my iPhone > > On 24/08/2011, at 2:39 AM, John Francis <jo...@panix.com> wrote: > > > On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 10:51:27PM +1000, Tanya Love wrote: > >> > >> Hey guys, > >> > >> I know this has probably been discussed a gazillion times over, but in your > >> opinions, what is the best Pentax mount 80-200mm/f2.8 (or equivalent)? > >> Happy to go third party if it can be justified... > >> > >> Tan.x. > > > > I own both the FA* 80-200/f2.8 and the DA* 60-250/f4 > > > > Both are excellent lenses (the 80-200 was my go-to motorsports lens > > in the film days, and works just as well on the DSLRs). > > > > I've only recently accquired the 60-250, but from my initial experiences > > I suspect it means the 80-200 isn't going to see much use; I doubt if I'm > > going to need full-frame coverage (especially for a telephoto lens), and > > modern sensors are so much better that the loss of one stop is tolerable. > > There's little enough depth of field at f/4 (for subject isolation), so > > that isn't too much of a limitation either, and there's always the 50-135 > > covering the low end of the range if I absolutely must have f/2.8 > > > > > > -- > > 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.
