A scroll of mail from "Tanya & Russell Mayer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Tue, 27 Mar 2001 09:46:20 +1000 Read it? y FA*80-200/2.8 I've just used this lens on my Z-1p and my MX back to back. It's very fast from the Z-1p, very quiet, very nice to work with. On the MX, once focused, I can snap it back to AF mode, effectively locking the focus and just worry about composition. This lens is expensive, hard to find, heavy, burdened with features you'll never use but, wow, it is sharp and well featured. If you want an 80-200/2.8 for Pentax and you see one of these, go get it. You'll always regret it if you don't. This lens is rock solid and superbly usable on any Pentax. I want an adapter to use this on my P6x7. put the vertical grip strap on the Z-1p and it handles beautifully. It uses every feature of the camera, you get 3d metering, just like an F5. (I think the Z-1p+FA*80-200/2.8 is the same weight as an F5 with the Nikon 80-200/2.8 lens. This is just a field comparison when my mate said "I need Astia but I've just loaded Velvia. What's in yours?" "Astia." "Lets swap. How do the controls work?" End result: he thought the Z-1p was a very easy camera to use and I thought the same of the F5. Nicely balanced too.) The same guy did drool alarmingly over my P6x7, but with an F5 and an F100 he ain't going to go 35mm Pentax. dave - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
