It seems in the past there was a plethora of fast(er)
70/80-200/210 lenses available.
The Vivitar 2.8/4 or 3.5, the Pentax A 4.0, etc.
All of the new AF lenses seem to be slow, 4-5.6 or slower
and variable aperture or the other extreme, faster 2.8 constant
and very, very expensive.
Does anyone kno
- Original Message -
From: "Don Sanderson"
Subject: Fast 70-210 Lenses, where'd they all go?
Where'd all the "middle of the road" stuff go?
To Hell, along with the rest of the photographic industry.
The trend was started by Pentax with the Zoom 70, and it
They morphed into 80-200/2.8s.
The range dropped and optics were made nicer.
Price can be attractive as well.
Sincerely,
C. Brendemuehl
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Don, I don't know what your price range is. The excellent (emphasis)
Sigma EX AF 70-200 f2.8 can be had for $500+ used, but you may need to
search for one for a while.
Keep in mind that at 210 mm., your SMC F 70-210 is very sharp wide open
-- if you can solve the focusing problem. I assume you
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> From: Collin Brendemuehl [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2004 8:34 AM
> To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
> Subject: Re: Fast 70-210 Lenses, where'd they all go?
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> They morphed into 80-200/2.8s.
> The range dropped and optics wer
the range I'm looking for, I'll keep my eyes
open, thanks.
Don
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> From: Joseph Tainter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2004 10:43 AM
> To: pdml
> Subject: Re: Fast 70-210 Lenses, where'd they all go?
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"Don Sanderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>It seems in the past there was a plethora of fast(er)
>70/80-200/210 lenses available.
>The Vivitar 2.8/4 or 3.5, the Pentax A 4.0, etc.
>All of the new AF lenses seem to be slow, 4-5.6 or slower
>and variable aperture or the other extreme, faster 2.8 c
Something to consider about the Sigma is its 82mm filter thread. Apparently,
the discontinued Tokina ATX with the same focal lengths uses 77mm filters.
Rumor has it the optical quality is roughly the on both lenses (I can't
offer any first-hand experience on this).
t
On 12/22/04 13:36, Mark Robe
Re: Sigma EX AF 70-200 f2.8
"That's funny, I'd heard that the Sigma had bad edge sharpness and
light fall off issues. Apparently not true?"
Don, all I have noticed from mine is excellent, sharp images,
consistently so.
If you are using it on the D you will not be using the edges anyway.
Joe
Thanks Joe.
Don
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> Sent: Thursday, December 23, 2004 11:59 AM
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> Re: Sigma EX AF 70-200 f2.8
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