I'd say not only is the lens pretty good but your technique is great to get what you got in those situations. Well done!
Kenneth Waller (owner of a 600mmFA who's aware of some of the issues of successfully using a big lens.) ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Francis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Finally got my K10D. but........(update) > On Thu, Jan 11, 2007 at 09:38:08AM +1000, jim wrote: >> >> Have found a site that has for sale several new lens for sale such as >> Pentax - SMC P-A 15mm F3.5 Lens for $3.146 >> aus >> Pentax - SMC P-A 50mm F1.2 Lens for $1.582 >> aus >> Pentax - SMC P-FA 250-600mm F5.6 ED IF Lens for $17.925 aus >> Are these prices about right? >> The finance and pleasure minister will need to approve first, tho she >> would like the long zoom just as much as i would > > The big zoom lists for around $12,000 US, with street prices > in the region of $8000 US. > > It's a monster of a lens: > > http://www.panix.com/~johnf/gallery/images/sdwap615.jpg > > (that's a PZ-1p hanging off the back of it, for a size check) > > but it certainly produces the results: > > http://www.panix.com/~johnf/gallery/images/sdwap313.jpg > http://www.panix.com/~johnf/gallery/images/sdwap413.jpg > > or, for a change of pace: > > http://www.panix.com/~johnf/temp/PortlandPitStop.jpg > http://www.panix.com/~johnf/temp/CityStreets.jpg > http://www.panix.com/~johnf/temp/FatAlbert.jpg > > The last two were taken with a *ist D; the others on film. > The CityStreets shot was taken at 250; FatAlbert at 600. > > See also > > http://www.panix.com/~johnf/digital/250-600.html > > I was fortunate enough to be browsing this list a few years > ago[1] when somebody mentioned that Charlotte Camera had a > used 250-600 being listed at a mere $3200. Five minutes > later I posted a followup message saying they didn't have > one any longer. In the intervening years I've only seen one > other used one being offered, and that went for something > like $4000. > > [1] From the modified dates on those files, apparently it was > back in 1999. That's somewhat more than a few years ago! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
