I don't think so, unless you sold it on eBay. It was in the wild west days of eBay and you could actually get a bargain. I think it cost me around $700 including the 1.4x, which was a real steal. Ebay is more like a retail store now.
On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 11:20 AM, Jack Davis <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for the considerate equipment response, Gonz! > I owned one of those A* 300 > Pentax lenses and 1.4L TC. Hauled > it all over western US and Canada. > Eventually sold it to a PDML member > several years ago. Was that you? > I doubt I'll ever take any sharper > images, due to the fact that I have > a silver tripod. :-) > > J > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Aug 28, 2017, at 8:52 AM, Gonz <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I had the K-1 with the Pentax A* 300mm 2.8 with the 1.4x extender and >> one of those AstroZap solar filters someone on the list recommended. >> I had just also purchased a pair of >> SanDisk 128GB Extreme PRO UHS-I SDXC Memory Cards from B&H, which are >> much better than the old cards I had and brought as backups, the new >> ones are much faster and make a difference for the K-1's large DNG RAW >> files. The tripod was a Oben CT-3581 Carbon Fiber Travel Tripod with >> BE-126T Ball Head, which was just sturdy enough to hold everything >> (next time I'll go with something more substantial). I figured the >> tripod was the weak link, which is why I brought the IR remote and >> used the mirror up shutter setting. >> >> >>> On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 10:10 AM, Jack Davis <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Gonz, I praised these images >>> earlier, but failed to ask about >>> your camera/lens setup. >>> Thanks! >>> >>> J >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>>> On Aug 27, 2017, at 7:52 PM, Gonz <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Was in Cerulean Kentucky for the eclipse with my family. It was an >>>> amazing experience. I'm glad we are getting another one in 7 years >>>> and the centerline of totality will be an hour west of my home here, >>>> so no need to take a long trip. The weather was perfect and my wife >>>> took a video of the family right before and during totality. My Dad >>>> of 91 years was there, as were two of my grandchildren ages 15 and 10. >>>> My 10 year old granddaughter was overwhelmed by the site and kept >>>> saying OMG OMG. It is something incredible to see and I'm glad we >>>> drove up there to experience it. I have some ideas to make the next >>>> one go smoother camera wise. It was a pain to take the filter off at >>>> the time of totality and switch over to a different exposure. I >>>> should have prepared better. It would have been nice to get some wide >>>> long exposures too. >>>> >>>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/66982297@N02/36021221794/in/dateposted-public/lightbox/ >>>> >>>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/66982297@N02/36021220494/in/dateposted-public/lightbox/ >>>> >>>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/66982297@N02/36021219734/in/dateposted-public/lightbox/ >>>> >>>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/66982297@N02/36568777642/in/dateposted-public/lightbox/ >>>> >>>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/66982297@N02/36690745736/in/dateposted-public/lightbox/ >>>> >>>> -- >>>> -- Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding >>>> it still. Dorothea Lange >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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. >> >> >> >> -- >> -- Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding >> it still. Dorothea Lange >> >> -- >> 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. -- -- Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still. Dorothea Lange -- 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.
