Just some ex and a couple of beers, and some pot to come down again later tonight. Just a reguler friday night at downtown Nordfjordeid, in other words.
But I may have overloaded my brain trying to figure how to use the 540 and 360 flashes as wireless. Tim Typo Mostly Harmless ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom C" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, May 11, 2007 9:00 PM Subject: Re: Long telezoom --- What to choose ? > What are you celebrating Friday night with? :-) > > Tom C. > > >>From: Tim Øsleby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >>To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> >>Subject: Re: Long telezoom --- What to choose ? >>Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 20:52:26 +0200 >> >>Don't read this a s a recomendation, but the is a guy at DPReivew who does >>wonders with the Bigma. His nick is The hotell. Try to find his pictures >>and >>see for yourself. But I do think he needs very good light to do his magic. >> >>What I see from Sigma 100-300/4 and 1,4x suggests very good bokeh for a >>zoom >>TC combo. >> >>Tim Typo >>Mostly Harmless >> >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Christian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> >>Sent: Friday, May 11, 2007 8:34 PM >>Subject: Re: Long telezoom --- What to choose ? >> >> >> > Patrick Genovese wrote: >> >> I'm looking for a long tele zoom and i've whittled the choices down to >> >> the following options: >> >> >> >> I need to cover the focal length range from around 100mm to 400mm >> >> (before crop factor being applied) so here are the shortlist of >> >> options: >> >> >> >> a) Sigma 70-200 f/2.8 + 1.4x tc (98-280f/4) or 2x TC = (140-400 f5.6) >> >> With option I would think that the optical performance with the 2x >> >> converter may not be stellar... so i'm not too happy with that option. >> >> But OTOH i get f 2.8 between 70-200mm >> > >> > I don't think this is a viable option. If you want long, you should >> > look longer than 200mm without a TC. >> > >> >> >> >> b) sigma 100-300 f/4 + 1.4x convertor (140-420 f/5.6) I guess the >> >> 1.4x converter is not too much of a compromise. >> > >> > I've heard good things about this lens. I liked my 300/4 sigma. The >> > matched Sigma EX1.4x TC is very good. >> > >> >> >> >> c) sigma 50-500 ... this is the cheapest option but i have no idea how >> >> good this lens is. anf th f6.3 aperture at the long end puts me off a >> >> bit... Does any one know what the max aperture is at 400mm ? >> > >> > Not sure what the max aperture is at 400 but I do know that it is a bit >> > soft wide open and not super great at 500mm. It is a better choice >> > than >> > the 170-500mm which is cheaper. >> > >> > >> > -- >> > >> > Christian >> > http://photography.skofteland.net >> > >> > -- >> > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> > [email protected] >> > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > No virus found in this incoming message. >> > Checked by AVG Free Edition. >> > Version: 7.5.467 / Virus Database: 269.6.8/797 - Release Date: >>10.05.2007 >> > 17:10 >> > >> > >> >> >>-- >>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 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.467 / Virus Database: 269.6.8/797 - Release Date: 10.05.2007 17:10 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
