With the M2004 and the A2X-S converter you can dial in 400mm shake reduction when you turn the camera on. I have dialed in 800mm (the max) when using the A400/5.6 with the A2X-S. Paul On May 11, 2008, at 10:46 AM, William Robb wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tim Øsleby" > Subject: Re: Anyone using a Bigma 50-500.................. > > >> I don't think you need to switch SR of in those situations. >> TC makes SR less effective, but it still does a rather good job. >> I haven't tested it out really, but this is what my instincts >> tells me. > > Over on the Dysfunctional Idiotic Pentax Site, there is a thread > going on about how Pentax MUST > support teleconverters or lose all credibility in the marketplace. > I ran a little test yesterday > with an M200/4 and 2X-S converter and confirmed what I recall > discovering when the K10 came out, > which was that shake reduction still does work very well, even if > it doesn't have the precise > focal length dialed in. > I suppose that to make the DIPS happy they could put a > multiplication factor option into the SR > setup function, but my own cursory experience with TCs and SR > indicates it isn't necessary. > > William Robb > > > -- > 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.
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