Originally posted by Driline I just quickly shot a few images of my nieces softball game with my K 200 2.5 lens and K-3. The lighting was soft and low as it was about 8pm CST. Could I expect better images from the DA* 200?
Yes (technically). With the DA*, you'd get even more resolution, much less (if any) aberrations (none of that green fringing in the out of focus areas you can see in your images), increased contrast, and better flare resistance, not to mention of course AF & WR. And naturally you'd have to pay handsomely to get it. I like old lenses and don't mind manual focus. My only real beef with them is the sometimes ugly and distracting aberrations, which sometimes are easy to remove and sometimes not. Technology is still marching forward in that area though, so even as they make new lenses better & better, old lenses are actually also getting better & better through software...