I can definitely see your point Godfrey. When birding i.e. a twig can distract AF a lot. In these situations I usually sends some warm thoughts to Pentax for the Quich Shift feature. The combination of AF and QS gives me the best of both worlds. Still learning to use it though ...
MaritimTim 2008/4/28 Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > The more I work with long lenses, the happier I am with manual > focus... :-) > > Godfrey - www.gdgphoto.com > > > On Apr 28, 2008, at 7:19 AM, Tim Øsleby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > The DA* 300? > > > > Very good. Solid as a rock. > > I like it a lot. To the point where I concider selling my other long > > lenses. > > Optically it beats the shit out of the Tamron adaptall 300/2,8 and the > > K-500/4,5. It is good fully open, and very good at f:5,6. > > I've used it with the Pentax 1,7x AF TC. That combo definately needs a > > bit stepping down. But at f:10 it only needs a minor contrast boost in > > PP to deliver. I'm really waiting for the new TC to come. > > > > The only point that I'm not confident in is the AF. Far to easy to > > easy to distract. And it tends to go in the wrong direction. > > But this could be me, or the body, or both (me and my body) I'm not > > used to AF and long glass, > > so I don't know what to expect. > > > > All this said. I've read a lot positive about the Sigma 100-300/4. > > Mostly from Canikon birders in Norway. I've seen very good pictures > > from it. Seems to perform very well with the matched TC. There is also > > a guy at pentaxforums who has both the Sigma and the DA* 300. > > According to him they are on par with each other. I find that hard to > > beleave. There is conflicting inforamtion about HSM on this lens. > > > > But it seems tha DA* 60-250 really needs to deliver to compete. > > > > 2008/4/27 AlunFoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> Hey Tim Ø, > >> > >> How's your new baby coming along? > >> > >> Jostein > >> > >> 2008/4/27 Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> > >> > >>> The 300/4 will be available any day now. > >> > >> > >> -- > >> http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ > >> http://alunfoto.blogspot.com > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > 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. > > -- > 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. -- 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.
