If its distance you need to cover then at the 300mm length there is the Minolta 300 f/4 HS APO G which may fit the bill, I picked one up for £600 S/H last year and had great results, there were times when it was a bit overkill for some shots and found I was sudenly too close
-------------------- Ron NRIPN
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