Re: GESO - walking about with the DA50-200

2007-01-30 Thread Amita Guha
Nice neighborhood shots, Godfrey. The 50-200 is a great walkabout lens. Amita On 1/29/07, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just for fun, a few snaps testing the DA50-200 on the K10D between > cloudbursts yesterday: > >http://www.gdgphoto.com/walkinabout/ > > A few of those are ab

Re: GESO - walking about with the DA50-200

2007-01-29 Thread Russell Kerstetter
same here, I got mine a few weeks ago (with rebate :) and was impressed with the build, considering it is plastic. Although I have not taken a picture with it yet as I shipped the body to Pentax (for repair) at the same time. I bought it because it is inecpensive, and I need a longer lens to dete

Re: GESO - walking about with the DA50-200

2007-01-29 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
thanks Paul. I'd heard so many reports of the "average" build quality that I was a little surprised when I received it ... This example is a nicely finished, smooth operating lens. It's not a metal body Limited for sure, but it feels good and works very nicely. The performance seems very go

Re: GESO - walking about with the DA50-200

2007-01-29 Thread John Whittingham
> PS: I'm going to sell the F100-300/4.5-5.6 and the Pentax-A Rear > Converter 2x-S. Maybe even the FA135/2.8 IF once I do a little more > testing and comparison against the DA50-200. I hardly ever use them; > if the DA50-200's performance holds up reasonably well against the > FA135, it wil

Re: GESO - walking about with the DA50-200

2007-01-29 Thread pnstenquist
Some nice pics there. The DA 50-200 is one of my most used lenses. I've even used it for paying jobs. It's build quality is just average, but it delivers very nice images. Paul -- Original message -- From: Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Just for fun, a fe

GESO - walking about with the DA50-200

2007-01-29 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Just for fun, a few snaps testing the DA50-200 on the K10D between cloudbursts yesterday: http://www.gdgphoto.com/walkinabout/ A few of those are about 30% crops from the full frame straight out of the K10D. Exposure with this lens is very nearly right on the money most of the time, it f