[Sandy Hancock]

Try Sandy's Flickr account.

HERE you are. There are quite a few shots taken wide open, but they are on crop not FF.
I give the DFA*70-200 its first workout on the K-1 last night, and never used it wide open.

[robjmitchell]

K1/DFA*/@200mm/2.8
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At the Rib Fest at Dundas Square: Pentax SLR Talk Forum: Digital Photography Review
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[Rupert]

Hi Randy, don't mean to intervene, I'd like to see the examples too, if it's of interest to you I purchased a Tamron 70-200 2.8 a few weeks ago which has impressed the heck out of me.

Despite what I wrote of the Pentax, I'm thinking of the Tamron myself after reading the reviews. I don't need WR and the price difference for a lens I may not use all that often is very significant. It will leave almost $1K open for other lenses I need for the K1 too........Your thoughts?

Regards!

[acoufap]

I'm thinking the 70-200 can save me some cash.....it can replace a lot of prime lenses and still give prime quality, from what I have seen so far.

Expensive is sometimes cheaper than cheap.

Regards!

Recently I did some shots with the DFA70-200. Surely a nice lens. But after some minutes I didn’t want to hold it anymore. For me it’s just too heavy for the FL. If I some day buy such a heavy lens it will be something like DFA150-450. I’d use it mainly with a monopod … I think today.

[Rupert]

Recently I did some shots with the DFA70-200. Surely a nice lens. But after some minutes I didn’t want to hold it anymore. For me it’s just too heavy for the FL. If I some day buy such a heavy lens it will be something like DFA150-450. I’d use it mainly with a monopod … I think today.

I'm used to the Bigma so weight is not a real problem. The price difference is a big factor....a couple of hundred would be OK but not a grand!

Regards!

[zapp]

Zoom never defeat image quality prime lens

Never say never.

I sold my DA*200 before the DFA* 70-200 was available. Os I used both with a certain time delay. My feeling is that the zoom is much sharper on K3 even wide open - I never liked the DA*200 too much on APS-C. The DFA* is my best performing lens on K3 - the DFA 100 macro comes close, but the AF sound just sucks.

The real difference is size. The DA* 200 is easy to handle, the DFA* is a beast - big, heavy, but great. Even compared to the DA* 300, the 70-200 is a beast. I will need the K1 to handle the 70-200 better.

[Driline]

Never say never.

I sold my DA*200 before the DFA* 70-200 was available. Os I used both with a certain time delay. My feeling is that the zoom is much sharper on K3 even wide open - I never liked the DA*200 too much on APS-C. The DFA* is my best performing lens on K3 - the DFA 100 macro comes close, but the AF sound just sucks.

The real difference is size. The DA* 200 is easy to handle, the DFA* is a beast - big, heavy, but great. Even compared to the DA* 300, the 70-200 is a beast. I will need the K1 to handle the 70-200 better.

I have the K-3 and the DA*200 and do not plan to go full frame anytime soon. Would you recommend me to keep the DA*200 or dump it and move to the new DFA 70-200? Is the DA*200 really that mediocre ? I know it will never best the new zoom. Just asking what you would do?