that was so cloudy that I wouldn't think of making a comparison to a one I
already had, I would try to get my money back. I am in no position to offer
a comparison between these two lenses except third hand, which is that the F is
one of the best in that range Pentax ever made, second only to the FA 80-200 f2.8.
I do know that the results for the F 70-210 stand up well in comparison to the Vivitar
f/3.5 70-210 series 1 that I also own, but I wouldn't discard either based on optical
performance alone since they are very different beasts.
At 12:20 AM 10/3/03 -0500, Pat wrote:
Peter,
I just purchsed the f70-210mm after reading great things about it here. However, it has a bit of haze on it and I don't believe it would be fair to compare ithis one to my mint A70-210.. Maybe I should have worded my question differently but basically I trying to find out if there was a consensus here as to whether one was noticeably better than the other. Otherwise, I agree with you and would just do some comparison tests of my own. Thanks for the input.
Pat
> You're asking the wrong people. You have both and have used both, take a look > at the quality of the results, and taking into account ease of use keep and > any > other intangibles keep the one that _YOU_ think is best. None of us have used > the actual lenses you own, and just sample variation may reverse the usual > rankings > unless one is normally much better than the other, which I don't think is > the case. >
> At 08:37 PM 9/30/03 -0500, you wrote: > >Which lens is generally considered better of the two if any? The A70-120/f4 > >or the F70-201/1:4-5.6? Looking to get rid of some of my "duplicate" lenses > >I have accumulated over the years. Already got rid of the Vivitar, Tokina > >and Albinar and have this focal range narrowed down to these zooms. I > >mainly use them on a ZX-5N and K1000, Thanks for the input. > > > >Pat
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