In that range, I have the A70-210 f4 and love it. It is very sharp and the push/pull zoom is very quick. They are generally pretty inexpensive on ebay and a bonus feature is that it has a "macro" ability where you can get close up pics with I think about 1/3 or so size. The only drawbacks are that its manual focus and some of them can have zoom "creep" where the push/pull zoom can move on you, but its fixable with a little tightening.
gonz On 9/10/07, Bong Manayon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi everyone! > > My professional work does not really require anything longer than my > 28-105 or 135mm lenses but ever so often I wished I had something > longer. I had a Sigma 55-200 for a while but I sold that one. I was > thinking of getting the DA 50-200 but I would like to use it on my > film bodies as well so why not something like the FA J 75-300? My > problem is I could never really get my hands on one (there's none in > the Philippines; have to get it online) to test it and it does suffer > bad rep for being 'cheap' so I wonder how bad it really is. > > Your thoughts? Is that a waste of time and should I get something > like the FA 80-320 (there's a couple of old stocks floating around > locally)? Or, maybe even Sigma's or Tamron's 70-300? Their prices > float around $150... > > Bong > -- > Bong Manayon > http://www.bong.uni.cc > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
