It found its way here, at least. Good luck on your purchase, mate. Please tell us if the second one is just as good. :-)
Cheers, Jostein 2008/4/13 Tim Øsleby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I sent this eysterday, but it seems to have got lost in cyberspace. > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Tim Øsleby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 12.apr.2008 20:32 > Subject: First hand on with the DA* 300/4 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > > > I haven't been enabled yet, not until Monday. But I do have bad > friends. So today I was able to lay my hands on the DA* 300/4 > > It is dead solid. Even the plastic hood looks pretty solid. But I do > wish Pentax would offer metal hoods as spare parts for all their good > lenses. Sealing is very convincing too. The focus ring is the > smoothest I have experienced from Pentax. It turns about 2/3, and is > geared down with about 2:1 factor. The scale turns about 1/3. If you > loosen the tripod mount ring, and turns the lens, you will experience > distinct clicks. > It is heavy, but not front heavy. So it is no problem finding a good > balance. The only negative remark I have from a mechanical point of > view is the MF/AF switch. No distinct click. It just slides from one > end to the other. > > It was just a brief meeting. So I can't conclude on how it performs. > But here's my first impressions. Focus is quick and silent. I gave it > a hard time, focusing at the structure in some wood in normal light. > It locked. I believe it will be a pleasure to compose and focus > manually with it. I compared it with the Tamron 300/2,8 looking in the > viewfinder. Off course, it is darker. But the contrast was better. I > also did a few quick test shots. Just some registration signs, so > there is no point in showing them. But it looks promising. I also > tested it with the 1,7x with same subject. The unprocessed files > looked soft. But after boosting the contrast, it was obvious that > there are more infractions preserved in the files. > > My premature conclusion is that this is a classic. An excellent lens > if you want reach, but don't want to kill you back. . > > MaritimTim > -- > 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. -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.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.
