Beautiful shots, John. A superb lens in the hands of an excellent photographer yields great results. Didn't you buy the lens just a few days before that Long Beach race where we met? I remember you mentioning it at the time, but I was so overwhelmed with what I had to shoot there that everything else rhat happened that day is a fog. Paul On Jan 10, 2007, at 8:05 PM, Kenneth Waller wrote:
> 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 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
