Perry, I've used it to good advantage with the 200/4 lens on shore birds. In bright light, any f4 lens seens to do well with it. If I can find the pictures, I'll post some samples. Regards, Bob S.
On 9/1/07, P. J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This was taken with the A*300mm f4.0 and F 1.7x converter. It wasn't the > brightest day, (conditions were somewhere between "cloudy bright" and > overcast, I've found that the 1.7x auto focuses nicely with lenses with > maximum apertures down to f4.0 under most conditions. > (it's really hard to get good exposures of these birds in bright sunlight). > > > > Perry Pellechia wrote: > > On 9/1/07, Digital Image Studio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> On 02/09/07, Perry Pellechia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > > > > > >> Nice find, I bought one of mine at a similar price, the current prices > >> that they often acheive at auction these days seems absurd as > >> compared. Interestingly the current Pentax lens catalogue from Japan > >> indicates that they are still a current product. > >> > > > > If they are available I am surprised that no one from Japan is selling > > them on eBay. They would probably be able to turn a good profit with > > the prices they go for now. > > > > > >>> BTW, Any recommendations for a inexpensive 200mm lens to mate up with the > >>> TC? > >>> > >> Cheap no, it loves f2.8 lenses, anything slower and the AF may become > >> a bit flaky in anything but great light. > >> > > > > That's what I was afraid of. It seems to work very well with my > > Tamron 90mm/F2.8. I do not have many other MF lenses where a TC makes > > sense. > > > > > > > -- > Remember, it's pillage then burn. > > > -- > 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
