On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 02:38:17PM -0700, Joseph McAllister wrote: >>> Not to mention the fact that those bodies won't work with most >>> of the lenses people have; DA lenses don't fit on a Spotmatic, >>> and only work wide open on a K1000. I don't think we need to >>> invent obstacles to make it hard for people to participate. >> >> Send an appropriate lens along with the camera. If I donated a spotty, >> I'd mount a supertak 50/1.4 and would suggest something similar for a >> K1000. > > I'd prefer the likes of a FA* 250-600/5.6 ED [IF] zoom, or at least a > DA* 300/4 ED [IF] SDM to be shipped around for use with our DSLR camera > bodies. > > We could then compare bird photos, cormorants even! > > So who has the lenses to contribute? > > (Can you tell I just got a gimbal mount head) > > Joseph McAllister > [email protected]
AFAIK I'm the only list contributor who owns the 250-600, although there are a few folks out there with the 600/f4. But I don't think it's going on any trips around the place (even though at present it doesn't get all that much use). If you want to stop by the next time you're in the SF Bay area, though, we could take it out and see what wildlife we could find ... -- 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.
