At 00:24 6-5-2002 -0400, Cesar wrote: > As an owner of an A* 300/4 I can only comment that I have always > used the >lens without a tripod. I usually use it for sports photography - football, >soccer, rugby. I have been very pleased with the ease of handheld usage. >People at the photo lab have always commented favorably on the sharpness of >the images. > >Cesar
While we're talking about 300 f4 s of various incarnations, I took my M*300/4 out for a jaunt yesterday. Despite its small size it still feels a bit wobbly to hand-hold. That could have been more me though. In order to get a high shutter speed I was using it almost wide open and the focusing was a little difficult. Just having 200asa in the camera didn't help me either. It was an unexpected encounter with a little red squirrel after I'd effectively packed up for the day. Earlier in the day I'd nearly given myself a heart attack. Coming downstairs I dropped the lens. It landed big end down. Snatched it up and whisked off the lens cap. Horror! a chip in the glass. I nearly cried. Even worse, the glass was loose! Slow realisation kicked in. It was the UV filter. Relief all round! There's something to be said for filters after all. Time to order a new one. Wendy --- Wendy Beard Ottawa, Canada mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] home page http://www.beard-redfern.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
