Piers, Jeff,
Thanks for your comments... I think I'll leave it for now; it looks as though
there are probably better alternatives for not too much more money. I'll do
some research!
Tom
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The 200-500 f5.6 is a big heavy lens. I would recommend either the Tamron SP
300/2.8 or the 400/4 (You want the green ones ... Walt's "green is gooder"
might be considered an understatement ). The 300/2.8 & 400/4 are smaller and
lighter than the zoom. They are superb lenses.
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As to the lens itself - I don't know anything about this one, but have been
generally more than happy with Tamron. You need to keep in mind that there
were two later versions of the 200-500 zoom (06A and 31A), the first of
which introduced the Adaptall-2 mount, the last of which had a maximum
aperture of f/5.6, and is the only 200-500 to gain the "SP" designation
which indicates superior performance. I don't know if the earlier lenses
were improved in other ways.
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