E Bay TeleFoto Lens
Posted 27/05/2007 - 09:42
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Recently Advertised on E Bay UK
TeleFoto Lens from US.
Anyone with experience of these type lens 500mm +
Cost around 100 Pounds......What are the Optics any Ideas!!
mike Holland
Please put your brain in gear. Either post a link to the auction, or specify exactly which lens is being sold. From the information you have provided, nobody can tell you anything.Recently Advertised on E Bay UK
TeleFoto Lens from US.
Anyone with experience of these type lens 500mm +
Cost around 100 Pounds......What are the Optics any Ideas!!
mike Holland
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Posted 27/05/2007 - 12:40
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Additional Information for the 500/1000mm Lens
This I believe is supplied by a Company called [ Optonshop ] US
Claimed to fit Canon Nikon PENTAX Sony and Samsang
Type; Telephoto Lens Manual Setting !! and f/8
As anyone experience with this Company or Lens.
Interested in Information over the Optics!! If anyone can kindly supply this info with out adverse Comments
This I believe is supplied by a Company called [ Optonshop ] US
Claimed to fit Canon Nikon PENTAX Sony and Samsang
Type; Telephoto Lens Manual Setting !! and f/8
As anyone experience with this Company or Lens.
Interested in Information over the Optics!! If anyone can kindly supply this info with out adverse Comments
Sometimes its better to listen than to talk
Posted 27/05/2007 - 15:44
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They advertise all over the world on e-bay. I would be very wary of it. Unless you can afford to lose €140 odd on a gamble I wouldn't bother with it. It needs an adapter to fit the camera, so is completely manual and who knows how well the adapter actually fits the camera?
Posted 28/05/2007 - 09:06
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Hi Gwyn
Many thanks for your input......point taken.
Can you maybe recommend an affordable Telephoto Lens.
Make price would be a guide!!
Many thanks Hartelijke Bedankt Mike Uden
Incidentally I,ve only begun 6 months ago.....joining a Club in Bernheze Noord Brabant in a week or two.
Many thanks for your input......point taken.
Can you maybe recommend an affordable Telephoto Lens.
Make price would be a guide!!
Many thanks Hartelijke Bedankt Mike Uden
Incidentally I,ve only begun 6 months ago.....joining a Club in Bernheze Noord Brabant in a week or two.
Sometimes its better to listen than to talk
Posted 28/05/2007 - 11:12
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what camera do you have?
lenses that long which are worth having are usually expensive, and are hard to hand hold anyway.
I would start out with something like the Pentax FA 80-320 (second hand ~£90 but you have to find one first) or the Sigma APO 70-300 (~£150? new)
If you have a digital SLR the Pentax DA 50-200 is also very nice.
lenses that long which are worth having are usually expensive, and are hard to hand hold anyway.
I would start out with something like the Pentax FA 80-320 (second hand ~£90 but you have to find one first) or the Sigma APO 70-300 (~£150? new)
If you have a digital SLR the Pentax DA 50-200 is also very nice.
Posted 28/05/2007 - 13:15
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There is a Sigma 28-300 on Marktplaats today. Highest bid at the moment is €150. It is apparently new. You could try e-mailing the seller to see what price he has in mind and find out more about it. It is in Utrecht, so not too far for you to travel to have a look at it.
Posted 28/05/2007 - 13:49
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I can recommend the Tamron 70-300mm Di LD. Cheaper and lighter than the Sigma 70-300 and Pentax 80-320, and faster at 200mm than the Pentax 50-200 (F4.5 versus F5.6). Suitable for film as well as digital cameras.
In the UK it's just £80 from Tecno. I don't know if they ship overseas.
In the UK it's just £80 from Tecno. I don't know if they ship overseas.
~Pete
Posted 28/05/2007 - 14:02
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I can recommend the Tamron 70-300mm Di LD. Cheaper and lighter than the Sigma 70-300 and Pentax 80-320, and faster at 200mm than the Pentax 50-200 (F4.5 versus F5.6). Suitable for film as well as digital cameras.
In the UK it's just £80 from Tecno. I don't know if they ship overseas.
have you got one of these Iceblinker? I've often wondered if they are any good (fairly idly since I already have an 80-320) but have never come across anyone who actually has one before to confirm whether they are good value or just cheap and nasty (I am quite ready to believe either of Tamron).
I can recommend the Tamron 70-300mm Di LD. Cheaper and lighter than the Sigma 70-300 and Pentax 80-320, and faster at 200mm than the Pentax 50-200 (F4.5 versus F5.6). Suitable for film as well as digital cameras.
In the UK it's just £80 from Tecno. I don't know if they ship overseas.
Posted 28/05/2007 - 14:16
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Yes I have one. It's sharper and easier to handle than my old SMC Pentax-A 70-210mm F4 ever was.
Made in China - must have a lot to do with the remarkably low price.
Made in China - must have a lot to do with the remarkably low price.
Posted 28/05/2007 - 15:32
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Hi Guys
Gwyn Many thanks for the Information will take a Look....but maybe hold it for future reference .....a big help.
Icebreaker:
Many thanks for your input....Tamron 70 - 300mm will check that out
Do you have maybe a website for Tecno!!
What is your Opinion on the Lens Quaulity from China please!!
Mongoose: Thank you for your question to Icebreaker have noted the Question and Answer from you and Icebreaker also a help.
Many thanks for your constructive input a great help to a Novice.
Mike Uden Holland
Gwyn Many thanks for the Information will take a Look....but maybe hold it for future reference .....a big help.
Icebreaker:
Many thanks for your input....Tamron 70 - 300mm will check that out
Do you have maybe a website for Tecno!!
What is your Opinion on the Lens Quaulity from China please!!
Mongoose: Thank you for your question to Icebreaker have noted the Question and Answer from you and Icebreaker also a help.
Many thanks for your constructive input a great help to a Novice.
Mike Uden Holland
Sometimes its better to listen than to talk
Posted 28/05/2007 - 15:38
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Ive just bought myself a Pentax *1st DL 2
Find it a nice little camera.....been using a Good Bridge Camera Panasonic FZ 50.
Therefore Im not absolutely sure.... How Big a Telelens to go for
in the Future I do have a Pentax 18 - 55 and a 75 - 300mm
and a Tamron SP AP 90mm Macro 1.1 at 2.8 if thats a help to you!!
Mike
Find it a nice little camera.....been using a Good Bridge Camera Panasonic FZ 50.
Therefore Im not absolutely sure.... How Big a Telelens to go for
in the Future I do have a Pentax 18 - 55 and a 75 - 300mm
and a Tamron SP AP 90mm Macro 1.1 at 2.8 if thats a help to you!!
Mike
Sometimes its better to listen than to talk
Posted 28/05/2007 - 15:47
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I got mine from:
www.tecno.co.uk/Products/ProductDetail.aspx?SkuId=46072
Re the comment on China: I mean the Tamron 70-300 is made in China (despite Tamron being a Japanese company). It seems they make some very good stuff in China these days!
300mm is pretty long on a digital. Don't forget it's equivalent to 450mm on a film camera. And with a 1.5X converter, it'll be equivalent to a whacking great 675mm.
www.tecno.co.uk/Products/ProductDetail.aspx?SkuId=46072
Re the comment on China: I mean the Tamron 70-300 is made in China (despite Tamron being a Japanese company). It seems they make some very good stuff in China these days!
300mm is pretty long on a digital. Don't forget it's equivalent to 450mm on a film camera. And with a 1.5X converter, it'll be equivalent to a whacking great 675mm.
Posted 28/05/2007 - 16:03
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300mm is indeed very long, but for photographing birds, as we tried to do yesterday, it is nowhere near long enough.
We are now looking at 2x converters so we can try 600mm (900mm equivalent) to see if that is good enough.
If not, we're going to have to be a bit closer...
We are now looking at 2x converters so we can try 600mm (900mm equivalent) to see if that is good enough.
If not, we're going to have to be a bit closer...
Best regards, John
Posted 28/05/2007 - 16:26
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Agreed... unless the birds are in the garden next door :
Both taken with the Tamron (after not much practise).
Both taken with the Tamron (after not much practise).
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TeleFoto Lens from US.
Anyone with experience of these type lens 500mm +
Cost around 100 Pounds......What are the Optics any Ideas!!
mike Holland