Pentax FA*250-600/5.6 - Anyone Enabled?

[Jens Bladt]

Yes, you are of course right, Mike. What they mean is that the
aperture doesn't change, wile zooming.
But that's not exactly what it says, at Photodo.com :-(.
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Jens Bladt

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Sendt: 1. marts 2007 12:48
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Emne: RE: Pentax FA*250-600/5.6 - Anyone Enabled?



>
> From: "Jens Bladt" <jens.bladt at webspeed.dk>
> Date: 2007/03/01 Thu AM 08:32:48 GMT
> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml at pdml.net>
> Subject: RE: Pentax FA*250-600/5.6 - Anyone Enabled?
>
> At www.Photodo.com one can read:
>
> Manufacturer's Description: "The unique smc P-FA zoom 250-600mm F5.6 lens
> provides a moderately long zoom to extremely long zoom range. It features
a
> fixed aperture setting of 5.6 throughout the zoom range and uses a 43mm
rear
> filter. An internal focusing system ensures faster and smoother focusing
> while a high-refraction extra low dispersion (ED) glass element produces
> high-resolution, high-contrast images with true-to-life color rendition.
> This lens is great for capturing candid shots from a distance."
>
> Wasn't this lens originally designed for baseball?
> I didn't know it had a  fixed aperture @ 5.6!

It doesn't - they mean constant.
http://www.pentaximaging.com/files/manual/SMC_F_600mmf4_ED(IF)_ZOOM_250-600_
f5.6_ED(IF)_Lenses.pdf

>
> Regards
>
> Jens Bladt
>
> Latest photographs: http://flickr.com/photos/bladt/
> http://www.jensbladt.dk
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> +45 23 43 85 77
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> Fra: pdml-bounces at pdml.net [mailto:pdml-bounces at pdml.net]Pa vegne af John
> Taylor
> Sendt: 1. marts 2007 08:48
> Til: pdml at pdml.net
> Emne: Pentax FA*250-600/5.6 - Anyone Enabled?
>
>
> Would anyone happen to be lucky enough to posess  or even have the
> chance to test out the legendary FA*250-600/5.6 Mega Zoom from Pentax?
> I'm seriously considering obtaining one I've located, but the jury is
> still out on whether it will perform on digital in the same leaque as
> its little cousins FA*80-200/2.8 and FA* 28-70/2.8.  The price is
> right (so to speak) at slightly over 3K,  but I still have questions.
>
> Thanks,
> JayT
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