Re: A* 600/5.6 question

2021-06-29 Thread Bill
Well, the jury is still out. It was so hot today that I could see heat waves in zoomed in live view. I will try again later. I suppose I might not have let the lens warm up enough, but the test target is across the street and the pavement was kicking up tidal waves. Anyway, I couldn't tell if any

Re: A* 600/5.6 question

2021-06-29 Thread John Francis
On Mon, Jun 28, 2021 at 08:13:19PM -0600, Bill wrote: > > My A* 600/5.6 (I like being able to say that) came with a huge Tamron clear > filter. Probably a UV. It was a sharpness killer. I took it off and the > lens is a lot better. > I suppose I should toss a filter into the drawer and see what

Re: A* 600/5.6 question

2021-06-29 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Every lens I’ve had that had a filter tray or internal filter mount like this has required a matched thickness filter in the tray to achieve their best performance. Even my Sigma 600mm reflex does. G > On Jun 28, 2021, at 3:19 PM, Mark C wrote: > > On 6/28/2021 1:49 AM, David Mann wrote:

Re: A* 600/5.6 question

2021-06-28 Thread Bill
On Mon., Jun. 28, 2021, 4:19 p.m. Mark C, wrote: > On 6/28/2021 1:49 AM, David Mann wrote: > > On Jun 28, 2021, at 5:22 PM, jtainter wrote: > > > >> Bill wrote: > >> > >> "Does anyone know if the above mentioned lens needs a filter in the > filter drawer to achieve it's maximum magic? > >>

Re: A* 600/5.6 question

2021-06-28 Thread Mark C
On 6/28/2021 1:49 AM, David Mann wrote: On Jun 28, 2021, at 5:22 PM, jtainter wrote: Bill wrote: "Does anyone know if the above mentioned lens needs a filter in the filter drawer to achieve it's maximum magic? "Thanks" Bill, the F* and FA* 600 F4 lenses do require a filter as part of the

Re: A* 600/5.6 question

2021-06-27 Thread David Mann
On Jun 28, 2021, at 5:22 PM, jtainter wrote: > Bill wrote: > > "Does anyone know if the above mentioned lens needs a filter in the filter > drawer to achieve it's maximum magic? > "Thanks" > > Bill, the F* and FA* 600 F4 lenses do require a filter as part of the optical > system. I would

Re: A* 600/5.6 question

2021-06-27 Thread jtainter
Bill wrote: "Does anyone know if the above mentioned lens needs a filter in the filter drawer to achieve it's maximum magic? "Thanks" Bill, the F* and FA* 600 F4 lenses do require a filter as part of the optical system. I would therefore suspect that the A* 600 does also. Joe --

A* 600/5.6 question

2021-06-27 Thread Bill
Does anyone know if the above mentioned lens needs a filter in the filter drawer to achieve it's maximum magic? Thanks bill -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and