Nice shot, although a little crispy looking. Perhaps oversharpened a bit? John Francis gets great results with this lens on his *istD. Paul On Mar 24, 2007, at 4:04 AM, Jay Taylor wrote:
> Well, I finally have been able to secure a nice long Pentax telephoto > lens. The FA*250-600mm/f5.6 zoom! > I had been dreaming about the FA*600/4 ever since I started shooting > birds, but a good guy who lives in my region just happened to put > this fine lens up for sale since he wasn't shooting with it very much > and was transitioning to Canon gear. Even though a pretty reliable > source indicated to me that this lens is not exceptional on digital > bodies I couldn't pass up on the opportunity. I was able to try it > out for about 10 days while the owner was out of the country, but the > weather here for the most part was pretty crappy and I was too scared > to take it anywhere outside of my home to shoot with it since I > wasn't sure If I was going to purchase it. > I decided that I might as well go for it and if it didn't work out I > could always sell it. Even though f5.6 is not as fast as I would > prefer and a zoom would not be as sharp as a prime, I figured the > flexibility of having the wide zoom range could come in handy and the > chances of finding a used 600/f4 in my price range would be pretty > slim. > Anyhow, here is one of the first few images from it and the K10D when > we had a little bit of decent light: > > http://i.pbase.com/o6/87/63987/1/75415076.oCor9YTy.IMGP0850.jpg > > Oh yeah, this puppy is pretty heavy. I'm hoping my tripod (Benro > 1327) is stout enough as well as the Wimberley Sidekick without > having to go to the full Wimberley head. > I'm really looking forward to getting out in the field with this baby. > > JayT > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
