On Jan 23, 2011, at 9:45 PM, William Robb wrote: > On 23/01/2011 8:03 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: >> >> On Jan 23, 2011, at 8:54 PM, William Robb wrote: >> >>> On 23/01/2011 6:21 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: >>>> The best buy in longish Pentax glass is probably the A400/5.6. They >>>> sometimes go for just a couple hundred. The M and K versions won't focus >>>> close enough for bird or small animal photography unless used with a short >>>> extension tube. >>> >>> Have you used yours on the K5 yet? I don't think I've used my A400/5.6 >>> since the K10. >>> Which is sad. >>> >> I've used it a couple of times with the K5. Purple fringing was somewhat of >> a problem with this lens on earlier Pentax DSLRs. It seems less prone to >> that with the K-5. Here's a pic I shot with it a couple of weeks ago. I like >> it because it's light enough for handholding, yet has good reach and fairly >> close focus capability. > > A little less content than your usual. >
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