Originally posted by Timotis77
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Heres a quick shot I took yesterday with the 200mm F/4..... Again, for the price, weight.... Its hard to go past...
Yes for the price it is really tempting. I am looking at a few options for Mint lenses on EBay at around USD 250-275.
And the A-Type 200mm mint condition is at about USD 60.
Just that I am somehow not very sure if the manual focus lens would be ok for my purpose. I am not really looking at taking action shots of a sprinting Cheetah or a bird in flight. Just want to photograph animals relaxing in their habitat :-)
The Carl Zeiss Jena in good condition is approx USD 250-300 being manual focus.
All said and done, it is very difficult not to think of the Pentax A 200mm for my purpose.
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Originally posted by Sandy Hancock
The FA 645 150/2.8 might be another consideration. I'd suggest the focal length is already on the long side for portraiture on the 645Z.
Hi,
Yes the FA 150/2.8 would be more apt for portraits compared to the FA 200/4 and that too with advantage of an extra f-stop. I also reckon that the bokeh of 150mm at f2.8 may be more pleasing than that of 200mm at f4. Am I right here?
Anyway, I feel that the 200mm would be comparatively better for wildlife than the 150mm, while not being any less than the 150mm for portraits (except maybe the bokeh part). Hence the 200mm might be a more optimal overall choice than the 150mm - unless the 150mm is intrinsically much better than the 200mm in respect of sharpness, contrast, aberrations etc. It’s a pity that not much comparative information is available on these lenses on the internet.