Re: FA 80-320 on the *istD

and is it as good at 300 mm as at 200 mm? Cheers, Ronald Original Message - From: Paul Stenquist Subject: FA 80-320 on the *istD I've defended this lens before, and you know what? I still like it. It's a great and inexpensive lens for casual picture taking on the *istD.

Re: FA 80-320 on the *istD

make for fine pictures but low constrast really makes for a poor picture. Is this true for the FA 80320 and is it as good at 300 mm as at 200 mm? Cheers, Ronald Original Message - From: Paul Stenquist Subject: FA 80-320 on the *istD I've defended this lens before, and you know what? I

Re: FA 80-320 on the *istD

Not Paul but I did use the 80-320 extensively with a tripod as part of a light mountain kit, and enlarged to 30x45cm several pictures taken with it including low contrast ones. The lens is excellent up to 135, very good at 200 and beyond 240 mm the image falls apart. This is at all

FA 80-320 on the *istD

I've defended this lens before, and you know what? I still like it. It's a great and inexpensive lens for casual picture taking on the *istD. Here's a shot from the zoo that I snapped a couple of weeks ago: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3139464size=lg Here's a 100% crop:

Re: FA 80-320 on the *istD

I think I need to use mine a bit more after seeing that. Dave S On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 20:31:28 -0500, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've defended this lens before, and you know what? I still like it. It's a great and inexpensive lens for casual picture taking on the *istD. Here's a

Re: FA 80-320 on the *istD

- Original Message - From: Paul Stenquist Subject: FA 80-320 on the *istD I've defended this lens before, and you know what? I still like it. It's a great and inexpensive lens for casual picture taking on the *istD. I've had that lens (I am sure) on my istD as well. I didn't have any

Re: FA 80-320 on the *istD

Hey Paul, I'm looking for a lens in this range until the new DA version comes out, which could be a while. It appears that there are both silver and black versions of this lens. Which do you have? Thanks! --- Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've defended this lens before, and you