I think it was Steady who had this lens at one time,and i was always impressed with the quality of the lens, as i am with your to shots.
Dave On Nov 27, 2007 11:53 AM, Jack Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Spent some time at Gray Lodge State Wildlife Area yesterday (Gum Tree > shot, also) with the FA 80~320 (carrying a fairly deep screw on metal > lens hood) attached to the K10D. When in that area, I often set ISO 200 > and shut down the aperture to f/6.7 or f/8. Anticipating predictable > flock shots of mainly hoards of Snow Geese, I've been using the camera > selected focus point in AF-C. Otherwise, It's always set on the center > point. I use motor drive freely, but only in short bursts and leave it > in RAW mode. > Just for a quick lens focal length comparison, I'm posting two shots of > what my "Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Birds" shows to > be a Red-shouldered Hawk. I'd guess it to have been 75 or 80 yards > away. > > Jack > > Comments welcome! > > 320mm focal length @ 95%: (heavily cropped) > > http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=266 > > 240mm focal length @ 101%: (heavily dropped) > > http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=267 > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Be a better pen pal. > Text or chat with friends inside Yahoo! Mail. See how. > http://overview.mail.yahoo.com/ > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
