On 12/5/2023 2:13 PM, Larry Colen wrote:
I was doing some idle poking around on ebay, KEH etc. for some wishlist items
and one thing that I'm actively looking for. I figure that it's worth
mentioning them here in case anybody is looking to sell one of them, or has
some important advice about any of these.
The one thing that I'm actively looking for is an equatorial mount. I'm
planning on heading out to visit my sister and catch the total eclipse in
April. At the 2018 eclipse I just used a tripod and had to keep adjusting it
every few minutes to keep the sun in the frame.
https://www.amazon.com/Star-Adventurer-Pro-Pack-S20512/dp/B07NY44782
I bought the Pro Pack. Used it with my Tokina 80-200 f/2.8 to photograph
the annular eclipse in October, and that's the setup I plan to use in April.
I searched the used market and didn't find anything that was as good a
value. My only complaint is the counter-weight is a bit light for longer
lenses ... I was afraid it wouldn't be sufficient for my 300/2.8.
... and NEVER gonna try to mount the 600/4 on it.
There are a couple of lenses on my wishlist. I don't have an immediate need for
them, but they're always on the back of my mind and I could be motivated by a
particularly good deal.
85/1.4 I can find an FA* 85/1.4, with hood on ebay (from Japan) for $650,
which is about half of what a dfa 85/1.4 would cost, even used. I love my
77/1.8 but when photographing musicians I always seem to want a bit more reach
and a bit more speed.
Sigma 18-35/1.8 Now that my K-3 III is my daily driver body, and my K-1 is my
special purpose body, the 18-35 would be very handy for shooting indoors and
save me from swapping between my 20/1.8 and 31/1.8.
24-70/2.8 I've got the tamron 28-75/2.8 and it's a great fair weather daily
driver, but for foul weather I'm stuck with the 28-105 which is generally fast
enough for outdoors which is where I usually need weather sealing.
A modern "long" lens. My 50-500 bigma has given me many years of good service,
but its focus is a bit slow and a bit noisy. There have been many times that I've tried
to photograph a critter and as soon as I tried to autofocus the noise of the lens scared
the beast away.
Can't really help with any of the other. I too would like to have the
85/1.4.
What do you think would be a *fair* price for a 50-500 "Bigma"? What
does the list think would be a fair price?
I have one that I don't think I'll ever use again now that I do have the
600/4.
I also found out that the "HD Pentax-DA 1.4x AW AF Rear Converter"
(which I DID get from KEH) noticeably vignettes on Full Frame.
I think I can crop in and/or dodge the corners sufficiently that it
won't matter that much ... otherwise I'll just have to take that into
account & live with it.
But I don't know why Ricoh Pentax didn't make it so it would work with
their "flagship" camera?
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