I like the Tundra Swan! Very good work... What camera, Mark? The lens brochure says that lens weighs 13 lb! That A*400 must be the f/2.8 ED? Boy! What a lens!
keith Mark Cassino wrote: > > At 02:28 PM 8/27/2003 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >Sorry but I wasn't using the Pentax 1.7x AF > >converter on an AF lens. I just wish to say the > >converter is pretty bad optically. That is to say I > >won't use it on anything, AF or manual... > > Perhaps you got a bad one - I've used the 1.7x and A*400 for most of my > birding in the last couple of years, and the combo works great. On that > lens, the 1.7x AF and the 1.4x A-L are virtually equivalent in performance > - both are excellent. > > A sample shot with the 1.7x : > > http://www.markcassino.com/galleries/birds/0308b18.htm > > On a full res scan the detail in the feathers is outstanding. > > - MCC > ----- > Mark Cassino > Kalamazoo, MI > ----- > > Photography: > > http://www.markcassino.com

