Darren, They can sell the A*135/1.8 when I'm dead. (Fred Wasti can re-purchase it if he outlives me.) It's big, heavy and un-equaled in image quality on film. I've also really come to like the DA*60-250/4 zoom. The image quality is great and it's not to big to carry around.
I saw a landscape and wildlife photographer talk last night. He tried to avoid talking about equipment. But he mentioned humping around a big Canon 600mm. He had some moose pictures, and suggested 'keeping your distance.' Here's an early shot from 2010 with my K-7 and DA60-250/4. The young male was so close I had to pull the zoom back to 200mm. And you can't believe how big these animals really are. https://picasaweb.google.com/115638976374047590388/Moose#5525858060136009410 I use the DA*60-250/4 on the K-5 with a battery grip now and my images are better, but it is such killer lens. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16535116 Regards, Bob S. On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 12:03 PM, Darren Addy <[email protected]> wrote: > I thought it might be an interesting discussion to ask the PDML > assembled, the following question: > What lenses do you regret parting with (or will *never* part with)? I > have the feeling some interesting stories, images, and > who-knows-what-else might come from this thread. Depending upon > everyone's participation (of course) it has the potential to be a > whopper of a thread. > > I'd like the discussion to include anything & everything, from manual > focus screwmount lenses up to the latest technology. > Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm off to pop some popcorn in anticipation > of the coming show. > > -- > 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.
