if you really need 450mm, I would bet any pentax prime 400 or 500mm lens will beat any 300mm with a TC on it. If your primary need is the 300mm, the tamron is highly rated but you can get the way cool incredibly small incredible performance SMC-A* 300mm F4 for same or less money and its much much much more hand holdable.
JC O'Connell [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Joseph McAllister Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 4:43 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Wanted: 300mm F2.8 Then it's probably a price that needs negotiating, Francis. Joe On Feb 11, 2009, at 13:40 , Francis wrote: > I forgot to mention, it's the older 60B Manuel focus version... And > the TC is the Tamron 1.4x which is apparently in rather rough shape > (the coating is going). > > > > Francis > > Joseph McAllister wrote: >> >> It's a good lens, and if the TC is a matching Tamron Pentax PZ-AF >> BBAR 7 (2x) 4 (1.4x)(# of elements) it's a good combo. >> >> Haven't used mine in a few years, it's currently buried behind >> towers of packed boxes in the Family Room. (Don't movers understand >> that a backpack and a sealed hardened shipping container should not >> be the first thing put into the corner of a room?) >> >> The price seem reasonable for a lens that cost $1400 15+ years ago. >> TC's cost between $150 - $200 new. Just be sure if focuses very >> easily and smoothly (feels loose and sloppy), or the camera's AF >> will have a hard time, maybe stall. >> >> >> Joseph McAllister >> Lots of gear, not much time >> >> http://gallery.me.com/jomac >> http://web.me.com/jomac/show.me/Blog/Blog.html >> > Francis -- 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.
