On Sun, 03 Jul 2011 14:22 -0700, "Mark Cassino" <markcass...@ymail.com> wrote: > My mother's health took a drastically bad turn last weekend, and I spent > the > last week in Iowa helping out. When I left on Friday (another relative is > there > now) I took my mother's cat with me. The 9 1/2 hour trip back from Iowa > was fun > - holiday weekend traffic, road construction, accidents, apocalyptic > thunderstorm, and more road construction resulted in the trip being about > 3 > hours longer than it should have been. At any rate, he has settled in > remarkably > well and is actually hanging out with the other two cats with minimal > hissing > and growling. > > > Here's a photo I took of him in the spring of 2010, with a K7 and FA > 80-320 > zoom. I never regret using that lens, though I don't pack it often. > > http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/ > > or > > http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/index.php/cat-portrait
Sorry to hear about your mother's health. Companion animals can be wonderful company, especially for the elderly, so it's so sad that she has to be separated from her cat, but undoubtedly unavoidable if she can't care for it. I always liked the 80-320 - it always seemed to produce photos much better than would be expected for a 'consumer' lens. Unfortunately mine stopped focusing properly and it became impossible to achieve infinity focus. I toyed with the idea of getting it repaired but opted instead for a DA 55-300. Seems to be equally as good. Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/. -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Send your email first class -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
