Excellent shot, John. The lens seems to work very well on the digital 
body - I used a modified screw mount version of that lens for some time 
and it was excellent performer.

- MCC

John Taylor wrote:
> Greetings fellow PDMLer's,
> I haven't posted in a while, but I have been reading a few of the  
> posts every now and then. Just before Thanksgiving I purchased a K  
> 500 f/4.5 from KEH to use for my bird photography. I figured with all  
> the folks jumping on the  K10D bandwagon that the older pentax   
> lenses might get scarcer yet. And since I can't afford the dream FA*  
> 600/4 yet that this may be the next best substitute.  I got a brief  
> chance last weekend to try it out and it is really not bad at all  
> other than the manual focus required. But there is no way effectively  
> to shoot with it hand held.  I managed to get a couple decent bird  
> shots, one of which was my first encounter with the Golden Crowned  
> Kinglet.
> By this time of the day the light was beginning to dwindle so I felt  
> very fortunate to capture this little fellow:
> http://ct.pbase.com/ 
> o6/87/63987/1/70993547.eNCzrQG2.GoldenCrownKinglet2.jpg
> Taken with the *istDL.
> 
> Thanks for looking and feedback if you are so inclined,
> JayT
> 


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