Cheapest places to buy this lens?
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Posted 10/02/2010 - 13:08
Sorry - note that this is the DAL version with plastic lens mount and no hood.
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Posted 10/02/2010 - 13:13
So is the one that Beth llinked
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let the education continue
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Posted 10/02/2010 - 13:14
magpie1892 wrote:
Hi,
Sorry to bother you. Does anyone know if this is the cheapest place to buy this lens?
Lens
Thanks
Beth
Hi,
Sorry to bother you. Does anyone know if this is the cheapest place to buy this lens?
Lens
Thanks
Beth
Try a Google search for that vendor before making up your mind.
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Posted 10/02/2010 - 13:21
Hyram wrote:
... Try a Google search for that vendor before making up your mind.
... Try a Google search for that vendor before making up your mind.
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Posted 10/02/2010 - 13:29
Park Cameras is probably the cheapest for this item.
See this thread for a suggestion for a hood: https://www.pentaxuser.com/forum/topic/55-300-l-at--137-17792
~Pete
See this thread for a suggestion for a hood: https://www.pentaxuser.com/forum/topic/55-300-l-at--137-17792
~Pete
Last Edited by iceblinker on 10/02/2010 - 13:30
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Posted 10/02/2010 - 15:17
Agreed - £136.99.
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Posted 10/02/2010 - 15:20
At the risk of sounding a bit stupid, can someone please clarify what 'Split from a k-x' means? I'm assuming it means taken out of a 2 lens kit? It's affordable to me at this price so many thanks to all of you for your help
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Posted 10/02/2010 - 15:40
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I'm assuming it means taken out of a 2 lens kit?
I'm assuming it means taken out of a 2 lens kit?
Yes it does, optically the lens will be the same as a standalone, however quite often it will not come with a hood or bag, and sometimes it will have a plstic mount. These lenses are usually appended with an L.
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Posted 10/02/2010 - 15:49
magpie1892 wrote:
can someone please clarify what 'Split from a k-x' means? I'm assuming it means taken out of a 2 lens kit?
can someone please clarify what 'Split from a k-x' means? I'm assuming it means taken out of a 2 lens kit?
Yes, or taken from a kit consisting of the K-x and two lenses. They've just got lenses left over after selling the other parts by themselves. This lens (the L version) is not normally available to buy on its own.
Anyway, I think it's great value even accounting for the cost of buying a hood separately - which I would strongly recommend for shading and protection.
~Pete
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Posted 10/02/2010 - 15:53
davex wrote:
Yes it does, optically the lens will be the same as a standalone, however quite often it will not come with a hood or bag, and sometimes it will have a plastic mount. These lenses are usually appended with an L.
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I'm assuming it means taken out of a 2 lens kit?
I'm assuming it means taken out of a 2 lens kit?
Yes it does, optically the lens will be the same as a standalone, however quite often it will not come with a hood or bag, and sometimes it will have a plastic mount. These lenses are usually appended with an L.
That is always true for all the DA L lenses. Also they don't have Quick Shift (the ability to manual focus wihout having to switch the camera to MF mode).
(I'm just posting this as info for Beth and anyone else in the same position).
~Pete
Last Edited by iceblinker on 10/02/2010 - 15:54
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Sorry to bother you. Does anyone know if this is the cheapest place to buy this lens?
Lens
Thanks
Beth
If I can find a spiders web covered in raindrops and take a decent photo I will be very happy
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