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Muteman
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I'm just getting in to photography and am lloking to buy a new lens from this guy at the camera store. I have a minolta Sr T 101 freom like the late 70's and i wanna buy a 90mm-250mm lens. The guy is offering it to me for 90 bucks. american. Does this seem like a good deal. I wanna know before i buy it.
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Aug 8 2003 2:34AM
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Harvey
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How fast is it? What's the largest f-stop? (the largest f-stop is actually the smallest number.. if he's selling it for $90, it's probably a 4.5 or something.. but that number is key).
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Aug 8 2003 2:36AM
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Muteman
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sorry i guess i didnt research it enough il l ask him some more tomorrow.
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Aug 8 2003 2:38AM
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Muteman
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IS 4.5 good or bad. ANd if it is a 4.5 than is 90 a good price for it?
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Aug 8 2003 2:40AM
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SteveXs2
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4.5 is pretty average. My lenses go from 1.9 to 16 on my 50mm, 4 to 22 on my 80-200mm and i'm too lazy to check my 28mm. Anyways, it's important to have a good range of aperture settings because it can come in handy when shooting things such as a sunset if you're shooting directly into the sun so you can get correct exposure.

One thing you have to consider is, will it fit your camera? I don't know too much about different brands and stuff but I know that some lenses only fit certain cameras and it'd suck if it didn't fit yours.

And, I just got into photography too, you'll learn more stuff over time. I had a whole roll of film that would've been really nice... but the cheap shit ripped inside my camera :'(

Later.
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Aug 8 2003 2:47AM
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Harvey
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It also depends what make the lense is.

I got a Vivitar 75-205 f/3.8 for $70. It was a really good deal though.

The price of the lense you're talking about sounds pretty reasonable. Seems to be the average price of those kinds of lenses. f/4.5 isn't bad if you're just doing photography as a hobby. It'll do the trick.

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Aug 8 2003 2:48AM
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Muteman
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so the higher the f number the better?

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Aug 8 2003 2:55AM
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Harvey
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no the lower the number the better.

A 80-200 at f/2.8 for example could run you a couple thousand, whereas you could probably get an 80-200 at f/5.6 for $50.

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Aug 8 2003 2:59AM
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SteveXs2
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I got all mine for free.
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