Great food for thought Stan! Thanks so much! I have also been doing quite a lot of (adult) fashion of late, and wanted the 80-200mm reach for compression as well as for use with my standard kid clients. I just did some initial research on reviews etc and it seems like the 50-135 comes up trumps. Good price too, I can pick one up new for under $1k. :)
I think that's what I'll go with, I'd love the old 80-200mm, but if the 50-135 is lighter, it will be a good thing with my weak, girly little wrists. :) I'll post some pics when I have it in my hot little hands! xx -----Original Message----- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Stan Halpin Sent: Wednesday, 24 August 2011 9:36 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Best 80-200mm? > 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. > > On Aug 23, 2011, at 12:39 PM, John Francis wrote: > 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 > Tan - I used to own the FA*80-200/2.8. I currently have the DA* 50-135/2.8 and the DA* 60-250. (I sold the FA* to be able to afford to buy the two newer lenses.) Comments: 1 - Note that the FA* 50-135/2.8 on a K-5 is equivalent in every way to the FA* 80-200/2.8 on a Pentax 35mm film body. Except that the DA* is lighter, easier to handle, has faster autofocus, and is cheaper in today's market. So if you want the "classic" 80-200 FOV range and functionality, by all means go with the 50-135 and you will love it! 2 - For what you want to do, you will probably find the DA* 60-250 to be too heavy and too bulky; it is very like the old FA* 80-200 in that regard. 3 - So, if the kids are running around in a indoors space, go with the DA* 50-135. If they are running around on a football field, go with the DA* 60-250 for the extra length. stan -- 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.
