No Bob, it's not the lens - he must be an insect expert of some sort. If I'd known he was that good, I'd have thought twice about letting you him that lens. Too much of an advantage!
Great stuff - let us see more. Chris On 10 September 2013 19:18, Bob W <[email protected]> wrote: > They're really impressive! You must have an awfully good lens! > > Bob > > On 10 Sep 2013, at 14:17, Ben Price <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Ben the ex-lurker here.... >> >> Chris & Bob - it was great to meet you guys, now that I have some >> quality glass (thanks to Chris!) I'm looking forward to sticking >> something interesting in front of it :) >> >> I spent Monday's lunch hour at the Natural History Museum's Butterfly >> Garden (closing at the end of this week) and here are the keepers: >> >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/benpricepix/sets/72157635460305162/ >> >> It was quite dark, resulting in the ISO being bumped up to 1600 to >> keep the shutter speed remotely fast enough for the 300mm (handheld >> and/or balancing my monopod on my thigh), luckily the K5 can handle >> ISO 1600 quite well. I'm really looking forward to seeing what the >> lens can do on a sunny day. >> >> Critique and Comments welcome! >> >> Ben >> ------ >> Bob beat me to it - here's my record of a pleasant day. >> >> PDML lurker Ben Price relieved me of my F* 300 4.5. I'm pleased that >> it's going to a good home. Ben threatens to de-lurk sometime soon... >> >> Bob and I had a rather pleasant lunch at L'Absinthe (no, we didn't >> partake of any) and a general wander around. >> http://www.mitch.myzen.co.uk/PrimroseHill/ >> >> Chris >> >> -- >> 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. -- 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.
