Hi Pentaxians I do not have a "real" tele lens for bird photography but would like to try to get some cormorant shots soon and therefore seek for your advice:
I understand that around 400-600mm on film would be a good start for such big birds, do you agree? Anyway, all I have at the moment is listed below, the flashes I own will not be powerful enough for more than 12-20 meters fill flash. I'm prepared to invest in a better lens when I like that kind of photography but for a start: Which lens or combination would be the best for that task, I know that all of the combinations will be rather slow? a very old Soligor 350mm F 5.6 M42 tele Tamron SP 70-210 3.5-4 + Tamron SP 1.4 or Tamron SP 2x converter Pentax M 200mm + Pentax A 2xS converter Pentax A70-210mm + Pentax A2xS converter or still the Tamron SP 500/8 mirror lens despite it's shortcomings? Or just forget about bird photography with that poor equipment? thanks for any recommendations greetings Markus
