Nice timing, Mark! I scanned the negatives last night with my new scanner which had arrived the night before!! Prior, I had only viewed them through an 11X (Pentax) loupe. I think I mentioned the latter about a month or two ago. Anyway, as soon as I figure out how to crop the scans down to a more manageable size, I'll email them to you. (I'm a total neophyte here.)
No heresy here, the Pentax wins on sharpness and contrast at both apertures, but you have to expand the image considerably before the difference is noticeable. That's at about 40 feet, 200mm, little opportunity for flare. Both lenses on a PZ-1p and tripod. Pretty basic, really. -----Original Message----- From: Mark Cassino [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: March 28, 2003 12:55 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: 70-200, 80-200 lenses Last summer Bill Sawyer snapped a couple of shots of a sign with his Pentax 80-200 and my Sigma 70-200 - hardly a lens test but I think he shot a couple of frames with each, wide open and at f8. I never heard what the results were - but maybe Bill knows... - MCC At 08:04 PM 3/24/2003 -0500, you wrote: >I would rank optical quality as: >Tamron 80-200/2.8 MF Best >Sigma 70-200/2.8 EX >Tokina 80-200/2.8 >All pretty good, however. HAS ANYONE ACTUALLY TESTED THESE AGAINST THE >PENTAX 80-200/2.8* LENS????? - - - - - - - - - - Mark Cassino Kalamazoo, MI [EMAIL PROTECTED] - - - - - - - - - - Photos: http://www.markcassino.com - - - - - - - - - -
