I'm flattered, Paul. Thanks! Awhile back I noticed Mark R. was, also, using a DA55~300. $346 at B&H. A surprising value.
Jack ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Stenquist" <[email protected]> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2014 8:02:09 AM Subject: Re: Tele for K-3? Jack Davis has gotten some excellent results shooting birds with the 50-300. Paul > On Dec 13, 2014, at 9:24 AM, Ralf R Radermacher <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm still looking for a tele lens for my K-3. Seems like my trusted old > Pentacon 4/300 mm has become heavier over the years and it's optical quality > is no longer as good with the K-3's 24 MPix sensor as it was with my previous > cameras. Looks like we're both getting old... > > Something around 300 mm would be nice but the 1000 euros for the DA 4/300 are > a lot of money for a lens that I won't be using that often. > > Is the 50 - 300 mm sensibly better between 50 and 200 than the 50 - 200 kit > lens and how good is it at the long end? > > Any other suggestions? > > Ralf > > -- > Ralf R. Radermacher - Köln/Cologne, Germany > Blog : http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com > Audio : http://aporee.org/maps/projects/fotoralf > Web : http://www.fotoralf.de > > -- > 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.

