John I didn't see your original post but that's a fantastic shot! I'm about to try the 1.7x on the SMCP 300/4 and see how it does. Works great on my ATX 300/2.8 but that's a "tripod only" combo! <grunt>
Don > -----Original Message----- > From: Joaquim Carvalho [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2005 3:15 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: TCs on digital > > > On Wed, 2005-06-22 at 16:19, John Francis wrote: > > Another surprisingly good performer is the Pentax 1.7x AF adapter. > > Yes but you need to have pretty fast lenses to use it > > > Here's a shot from this weekend (AF adapter + A300/2.8): > > > > <URL:http://panix.com/~johnf/temp/justin.jpg> > > Fantastic picture. The distortion caused by the heat looked like the > weirdest bokeh. >

