On 27 Feb 2004 at 17:09, David Nelson wrote: > G'day fellow Pentaxians, > Here's a photo I took just then for my first PAW - it's a beetle with > some pretty spectacular pectinate antennae (possibly a > /Peisarthrius /species). > http://davidavid.whatsbeef.net/beetle.jpg
G'day David, Welcome aboard the good ship PDML. Your bug maybe of the family Cerambycidae (Long-horned Beetles)? > I'm a soon-to-be uni student from Sydney, with an interest in insects, > frogs and other animals and nature. A local :-) > For my macro I'm currently using the above > lens (saving up for the pentax FA* 200mm f/4 ED(IF) macro which by all > accounts is an awesome lens, although I'm sure the earlier A* version > would keep me happy (-:), or bellows and a 50mm f/2 for mucking round > with flies' eyes. Also saving for a flash. I've found the A200/4 Macro a little long for some small insect images, I prefer shorter lenses although as you say the FA200/4 Macro is reputably spectacular. > Hope to participate in PAW and maybe PUG (looking out for some insects > to do portraits of (-:) Looking forward to seeing them. Cheers, Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
