I wish I had that lens. It's number one on my most coveted list. Too expensive for me at the moment. Paul On Dec 4, 2006, at 9:02 PM, Kenneth Waller wrote:
> My second most used lens is my 300mm f4..5 FA. > . > Kenneth Waller. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Doug Franklin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Telephoto...? > > >> Christian wrote: >> >>> If you want a telephoto lens for reach, obviously the 300mm is the >>> better choice. It all depends on what you want to shoot. >> >> Around here I often feel like a "telephoto fish in a wide-angle pond" >> since so many of the "regulars" shoot "in close", at least from my >> perspective. I shoot a lot more at more than 100mm than less, >> personally (probably something like 5:1 or more). >> >> The reason for that explanation is to say that a 300 doesn't offer >> all >> that much reach if you shoot mostly tele, like I do, but may well >> be too >> much if you usually shoot at less than 100mm, and especially if you >> usually shoot at 50mm or less, like so many around here seem to. >> >> I'm not sure where you "usually live" in the focal length >> landscape, but >> I'd urge you to test at least one of the two focal lengths before >> plopping down your hard-earned cash. One might not be enough and the >> other might be too much for the shooting you do or plan to do. >> >> Personally, if I wasn't part Scot, and relatively underfunded, I'd be >> after the 600mm and 1200mm beasties. :-). OTOH, the only things I >> have >> less than 50mm are the 16-45/4 and a beat up old manual focus >> Sigma MC >> 28/2.8. Oh, and the Zenitar 16/2.8 FE, but I don't count it because >> it's a FE and the 16-45 covers it. >> >> -- >> Thanks, >> DougF (KG4LMZ) >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
