I had the 300/4 K late last century. It was an excellent lens. Paul
> On Nov 29, 2025, at 10:58 AM, Steve Cottrell <[email protected]> wrote: > > Oops. I accidentally won an auction for a pretty straight K300/4. About a > hundred quid. I’ll see how it goes on my MFT video rig, should offer me the > same angle of view as a 600mm on FF. Ideally I would like the M* or A* but > will play with this for a while. > > A prime at this length is not ideal but plenty of light for the sensor. I was > recently filming a disabled surfer at an artifical wave facility with the > Nikkor 80-200 and I could have really done with an extra bit of length on the > shots there, 300mm-ish sprang to mind, so will see how it goes. If it becomes > a much-used lens, I might spring for the lighter weight version, there’s an > M*300/4 in Japan, mint for 300 quid. I’m supposed to be retiring so I really > shouldn’t… > > Hope all well > > Cheers > > Cotty > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
