Hi Jay, On Sat, 24 Mar 2007 01:04:00 -0700, Jay Taylor wrote:
>Well, I finally have been able to secure a nice long Pentax telephoto >lens. The FA*250-600mm/f5.6 zoom! Congrats, very nice find! >Even though f5.6 is not as fast as I would prefer Right, I think the 5.6 is to slow to make it work with the 1.7x AF converter, which would make it a nice 400..1000mm or so:-) But yours is already AF, which helps a lot with birding ... >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. Indeed, I have been looking out for one as well for quite some time ... >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 Nice, must be difficult to focus. These little birds are like quicksilver ... >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. Hmm, yes. Over 5 kilograms, that IS heavy. With the f/5.6 it should about the same size front-lens as the 300 f/2.8 but I guess the zoom makes it a lot heavier. >I'm really looking forward to getting out in the field with this baby. I went for a walk yesterday with the 300 f/2.8 + 1.7 AF converter, making it a 510mm f/5 or so, and used it hand-held :-) That 3.5 kilograms is certainly on or just over the limit. I was getting pretty tired in the arms after a while. Next time I will take the mono-pod and a manfrotto long-tele setup (393, the poor man's wimberley :-) Have fun with your new lens! Regards, JvW ------------------------------------------------------------------ Jan van Wijk; http://www.dfsee.com/gallery -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
