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The images were shot on Kodak Royal Gold 400 (at shutter
speeds between 1/500 and 1/8000; California sunshine is bright!), and scanned
on a Nikon Coolscan LS-30 at 2700dpi.
I've included shots at f2.8, 4, 5.6, 8 & 11. Note,
in particular, the intensity dropoff at f2.8. For the f2.8 shots I've included
detail images from the middle of the image and from the corner.
There are images from the FA* 80-200/2.8 at 80, 120,
150 & 200mm, and images from the A* 200mm/2.8 for comparison purposes.
Overall the FA* zoom performs pretty well. There
is a little pincushion distortion visible at some focal lengths, but nothing
too extreme.