On Sat, Feb 09, 2013 at 10:39:28AM +0200, Alan Cole wrote: > Zos, I was elated to see your image and then along came Bob to ruin my day. > > I still routinely use an FA 28-80 and an FA 100-300 (relics from a > Z70) on my K110D & find them quite adequate. > As you say - they are basically free. > > Alan
When I bought my PZ-1p in the mid-90s and joined the auto-focus age I accquired a two-lens kit consisting of the power zoom 28-105 & 100-300. Although I got several good shots with it, I was never really happy with the 100-300, and I eventually ended up getting rid of it. This was at least partially because I'd been seduced by the lure of good glass by getting my hands on an A* 200/2.8, so when a chance came along to buy a used FA* 80-200 I succumbed to temptation. Little did I know hom much more I'd be giving to the lens dealers over the next decades ... The 80-200 is a whole lot heavier than the 100-300, but even with a 1.4x TC (not Pentax; I wanted to keep autofocus, &c.) it out-performed the 100-300 (not surprising, considering the price...) After I got a second auto-focus body I did consider getting myself a FA* 28-70 - I even borrowed one from a friend for one race weekend. But while that is undoubtedly a nice lens, I didn't find that it was enough to tempt me to buy one - that FA 28-105 satisifed my needs. Of the three versions of the Pentax 28-105, the newest (the f/3.2-4.5) is generally considered to be slightly better than the old f/4.5-f5.6, with the middle (non-PZ f/4.5-5.6) being the weakest of the bunch. -- 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.
