I'd second that, had one for years and keep it as a backup for the DA*300/4, great lens and works well with the 1.4 EX converter.
Regards, John ________________________________________ From: [email protected] [[email protected]] On Behalf Of David J Brooks [[email protected]] Sent: 28 May 2009 01:03 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Big-telephoto advice Tim. May not be as long as you want, but the Sigma 300 F4 APO is a pretty good lens. I bought mine a few years ago, and i'm not sure of ebay availability these days. Dave On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 7:46 PM, Tim Bray <[email protected]> wrote: > We bought a waterfront cottage last year and all of a sudden I'm > interested in wildlife & maritime photography. My biggest lens is an > old old OLD Tamron 70-210 and its contacts are problematic, the camera > can only see it half the time. This would see very limited use, > probably just the cottage, so I was thinking maybe a used big old > fixed-focal-length telephoto like my Dad used to use 30 years ago. I > went poking around on EBay and sure enough, there are big old lenses > for sale there regularly. > > For my K20, are there any classics that I should particularly lean > toward or turkeys to stay away from? I'm assuming nearly anything > will fit, e.g. the "SMC Pentax 500mm F4.5 4.5/500 Telephoto" with the > bidding currently at around $700 Canadian. Any good online references > to consult? > > -Tim > > -- > 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. > -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, 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. -- 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.
