Hi Jeff. Ok,i dont have it with me but here goes<G> Yes its big and heavy.I did hand hold mine alot but tried to use a rest fence etc.Body IIRC is metal.I bought mine new in or around 1975 (i remeber having it with me on a job in British Columbia then)I paid some were in the range of $80 to $100 Canadian for it then.It has the two aperature rings(term excapes me at this time)so you can set your fstop then use the other ring to open up to focus. It seems to be well made.Mine has never rattled or popped or a lens fall out :). Short comings is its a slow lens f 5.6 at least.Dark through the finder even in good daylight.It is hard to focus,looks fuzzy in the finder(i am using SP500 and Spotties)but the B&W prints i get (got) back were ok.I remember trying Dad's tele on it once but results were poor. If you are getting it cheap i would say go for it.Cheap way to test a 300.If you dont like it you can always ebay it<g>
Hope that helps Dave PS i'll look at it tonigh and see if i missed anything ---- Begin Original Message ---- From: "KudzuPatch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wed, 8 Jan 2003 08:09:28 -0800 To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: FW: 300mm Hanimex Lens David Brooks �wrote: Hi Jeff. I have one.What would you like to know. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~`` Anything you can tell me. The seller says it an all metal heavy lens. Just how heavy are they? Is it so heavy that hand held is a problem? I expect most times I would used a monopod or tripod but not always. Are they made well? How well does it work. I guess really just curious of any shortcomings and the things you like about it. ---- End Original Message ---- Pentax User Stouffville Ontario Canada "Art needs to be in a frame.That way we know when the art stops and the wall begins"--Frank Zappa http://home.ca.inter.net/brooksdj/ http://brooks1952.tripod.com/myhorses Sign up today for your Free E-mail at: http://www.canoe.ca/CanoeMail
