I liked what my A 80-200 gave/gives me. Took a lot of nice, sharp
photos.(film
cameras
here.Never
tried it on the istD yet)
Is the FA 80-200 pertty much the same lens.
***I believe so.***
If so, i'm looking at the vari focal zooms listed above as i spent my
80-200
f2.8 money on
the ibook.LOL
For those that own or owned the FA version, is it a decent consumer
lens, or am
i better
of with the 50-200
***I haven't compared them. The DA 50-200 runs close (not quite, but
close) to the SMC F 70-210, so I would guess that it is somewhat sharper
than the old F/FA 80-200 f4.7-5.6. Still, the latter is one of the great
bargains out there if that is what your budget mandates. A lot of people
like its results on digital. It is sharp throughout the zoom range, with
nice color.
If it was me, I would save to get the DA 50-200 if I didn't already own
the SMC F 70-210. But if broke, the 80-200 can be had for little.
Joe
