I don't think you'll need the fast lens for shooting birds if your eyes are good. I have only one good eye (my left), and I shoot birds with a 400/5.6 Pentax SMC and an A2X-S converter. I do think you'll need more than a 300mm lens unless you're going to bate the birds with food. But you may be better at sneaking up on them than I. Here's a bird I shot last week with the above combo. I think it's a wood thrush. http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=1223558&size=lg Paul Stenquist
" W. Krasowski" wrote: > > Hello to everyone, > > I am new to pdml, but found it very usefull - many thanks to all of you > for doing such great job! > > I am passionate birdwatcher, I love Pentax system and use my MZ5N body. > Now I look for proper lens for my bird-photography. I don't need longer than > 300mm lens, so I consider buying old Takumar 300/4.0 SMC, screw mount > lens. Would anybody tell me please if it is as good and sharp as I've heard? > I couldn't find any resolution table for this lens, does anybody know it? > And - is it better than K-mount 300mm/4.0 lens or not? > > Another one I would love to have is F* 300mm/4,5 but it will costs me two > times more money (at least). Anyway, I would buy this F* if it is really much, > much better than those Takumar. > > Another thing that makes me very surprised is that lenses as fast as 2,8 are > thousands of dollars more expensive than 4,5 - is this one f-stop really worth > so much money? Especially when I can get this one "f-stop" buying faster film. > > I will appreciate any help. > > Kind greeting to all of you, > ======================= > Waldemar Krasowski > mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > =======================
