Doug Franklin wrote:
On Sat, 04 Jan 2003 21:48:43 -0600, Mike Johnston wrote:
If you can't have any of your vices... screw it!
Much good luck to you, Mike.
And to you, Keith. We all need it, that's for sure.
Reminds me of a joke.
A fellow goes to the doctor. The doctor tells
Where can you find a good 28-105 - they are all a bit soft at the long end?
The 3.5-4.5/24-90 Pentax is sharp and the focal length range is extremely useful. If I
had money left from my recent acquisitions I´d check the Sigma 2.8/24-70 EX - all the
lens speed you can get is good to have.
All the
The 4.5/80-200 is just a bit bigger than the 4/200 - but the zoom is sharper.
All the best!
Raimo
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When i first got my FS4000 scanner i was quite unhappy with the amount of
noise, so i scanned a neg on both my FS4000 and a friends Nikon LS4000 and
the nikon has no where near the same level of noise as the FS4000.
I think it shows its self most apparently as noise with black and white
film, I
Welcome to the list!
Where are you from? Your name has me
thinking you're from the great American South-East.
Cory Waters
Atlanta
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From:
Kudzu
To: Pentax
Sent: Saturday, January 04, 2003 7:15
PM
Subject: Looking for 80-200 zoom
I
Boz I have the Dental macro and the dental macro kit that is quite rare...
They also use the colouring system you talk about...
Vic
In a message dated 1/5/03 8:00:38 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
SMC PENTAX-M DENTAL MACRO 1:4 100mm
Thank you very much! Do you own a digital camera? Is it
Well, I will agree that color slide film typically has a 5 stop range.
However, 18% was chosen as a reference standard long, long before there was
any such thing as color film. Furthermore, simply by changing the films
speed index you can move the midpoint up and down on the film. It is not
Ciao,
Graywolf
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From: Feroze Kistan [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thank you, questions interspersed if you dont mind.
I was taught to hold the card flat or get the model to hold it against
herself, check
that its evenly lit and
Hi Mike.
You mentioned in an earlier post you had a portable studio with the backdrop,and
umbrella.I'm
pondering what to do when i need to shoot some BW photos of my daughters coach and
baby
in
March.I hope to do available light but what was your studio.Other than the backdrop
and
'brulla did
Feroze Kistan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I don't know enough about grey cards to comment but I did find this site
when trying to research it:
www.camerahobby.com/E-Book/EBook-Metering_Chapter3.htm. At the bootom of his
site he makes the comment that grey cards are actually 1/2 stop off (12-15%
Mike Johnston [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I had an uncle who was alcoholic all his life. Big, strong guy, natural
mesomorph, healthy as a horse, almost literally never sick a day in his
life. So guess what he died of? Lung cancer, even though he quit smoking in
the 1950s. All that booze didn't do
Great Lens Vic..
Great price.. specially if it's retail.
Dave Brooks currently has mine :) (I sold it to him last year)
I personally love the 135 focal length - Must be because it was one of 2
lenses that I started out with on my dad's old SL.
Cheers,
Dave
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From:
Yes Fred.
I didnot mean ugly in a bad way.Its just it is completley differnt from all the earlier
cameras.It took me
a bit to get used to it,but once i did i liked it.I like the big grip built into the
body.Even though i have
small chunky hands,it fits nicely.Balances well with the Sigma 100-300
Tom,
I said any pure beer - most European beers follow the Bavarian Purity Law
(created in the 1500's IIRC)which makes them a pure beer - Grolsch being
one of these beers. Almost all beers out of Belgium and Holland and Germany
are like this.
I guess what could be said is that any large brewed
I have used both of Kodaks C-41 BW Print Films as well as Ilford XP2 Super.
The XP2 Super is very easy to scan, because the film material is light gray
and the Kodaks are orange (my Epson 1630SU has some problems with the
Kodaks, my Minolta Scan Elite II is very good with them, and you can use
Kudzu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I am looking for recommendation on a lens in the 80-200 range. I have an old
Kiron, f4 80-210 that did a good job, it's just big and heavy. I would like
to replace it with something smaller and lighter. Browsing the Camera stores
it looks like the selection of
Mike,
you mean to tell me that your kid went out as a portable studio for
halloween? ;-)
Cheers,
Dave
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From: Mike Johnston [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Saturday, January 04, 2003 3:15 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Best Backdrop color for BW portraits?
snip
I know that the networks have lost revenues. 2002 was the first year in
the US that ad-supported cable stations (like Discovery and ESPN) drew a
bigger total audience (48%) than the broadcast networks (45%). Pay
cable drew the other 7%. Of course, the cable statins rely heavily on
reruns of old
If there is no reflection there will be no reading.
D
Dr E D F Williams
http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams
Author's Web Site and Photo Gallery
Updated: March 30, 2002
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Sent: Sunday, January 05, 2003 3:18 PM
Bob wrote: Belgian beer is fantastic! (Apart from the horrible cherry-flavoured
stuff).. . Anything brewed according to the Reinheitsgebot has got to be good.
Not entirely true. By law, ALL German beer must be produced according to the
Reinheitsgebot and there is some truely nasty stuff
Leffe
mmm
good beer..
The best beer out of Belgium that I ever tasted (and I can't get over here
in Canada) is De Verboten Vrucht by Hoegaarden brewery.
High alcohol content (8.5%) that doesn't taste like vinegar :)
Cheers,
Dave
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From: P Temmerman
Clearly, he means specular reflection(s). If the gray card is perfectly
matt, all reflections will be diffuse. Unfortunately, I have never seen a
perfectly matt gray card.
I prefer to use my incident light meter.
Regards,
Bob
Mikes old magazine, Camera and Creative Darkroom Techniques
has taken a very different approach to the advertising end of
things since he left.
The magazine is now 100% advertising.
There is a table of contents which tells you how to get to the
ads.
Articles are thinly disguised promos for
I was looking at the Calumt catalog again last night (great bathroom
material) and saw that they do have the Photek kit that Mike Talked
about. They also have a Calumet model, and according to the website, a
Bogen model.
I'll probably be picking one of these up myself.
--
Thomas Van Veen
I really feel like I should contribute something to this thread.
Um. Network television sucks. Local news anchors and reporters are
ho's.
There, I feel better.
tv
Yes.
--
Thomas Van Veen Photography
www.bigdayphoto.com
301-758-3085
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From: Steve Pearson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Sunday, January 05, 2003 12:44 AM
To: Pentax Mail List
Subject: Kodak BW Print Film, 400 Speed, C-41
Any thoughts on this film? I found
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From: David Brooks [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Steve.
One of the enlargments(8x10)i made in darkroom class was a
head/head
shot of my daughter and her horse.It came out very
crisp.How ever it
seemed to have a VERY light cast to it.(bluish i think)Instructor
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From: T Rittenhouse
Subject: Re: Dumb Newbie Q - What Color ARE Color Negatives?
So Bill, you are saying there is no manual setting capability
at all in
these mini-labs? No wonder I could never get adequate control
over my
prints. Long time gone, in the days of
Good for you. I've known many who have gone throught this. Alcohol is
no great temptation for me, but I did quit smoking this summer, so I
think I can have some empathy.
Steven Desjardins
Department of Chemistry
Washington and Lee University
Lexington, VA 24450
(540) 458-8873
FAX: (540)
Interesting. Not being a brewer, I never really thought about the
process. Let me add that the Ultra was a refreshing drink. I just like
the taste of beer and this wasn't fulfilling that need. If they could
make something with no alcohol that tasted like Guiness, I'd buy it.
[EMAIL
Hi Tom.
I was using the Ilford Multigrade iv RC Deluxe Pearl
Dave
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Sent: Sun, 5 Jan 2003 11:20:25 -0500
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: Kodak BW Print Film, 400 Speed, C-41
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From: David Brooks
While going through an old box in the chem dept, I found a Canon F1 with
a 50 3.5 macro lens. Not even a lens cap. Fortunately, someone remove
the meter battery so it didn't corrode extensively, although I can see a
little green stuff in the battery compartment. Other than that and some
dust,
I keep kicking around this dumb idea. I've already seen why it won't work. Well, in my
limited knowledge I've seen some of the reasons it wouldn't work. Someone who knows
more about film would probably see even more flaws in the idea.
Film is already DX coded.
Why couldn't film have a color
I believe the F1 used to be a pretty professionel cameras in the early 70's and it
seems to go for about $350,- second hand (here in the Netherlands that is). Nice found.
Rod.
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To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, January 05,
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From: Steve Desjardins [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, January 05, 2003 5:45 PM
Subject: OT: Look what I found
While going through an old box in the chem dept, I found a
Canon F1 with
a 50 3.5 macro lens. Not even a lens cap.
You don't have to. Just scan and print your photos yourself. The learning
curve is a little steep I admit, but you only have to learn it once. Then
you are the one in control, and the only limiting factor is your skill.
Ciao,
Graywolf
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Additional effort on my part located the motor drive (big thing), a 50
f1.4, a 28 f2.8, an extension tube, a Vivitar 2800 flash, and (Ta Da)
the paperwork, including the instruction manual. Nice to know I'm not
the first camera type in this dept. This looks to be a plain F1,
although I can't
F1, F1n, F1N. Canon always did try to make it easy to tell one version from
the other grin.
Ciao,
Graywolf
http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto
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From: William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, January 05, 2003 12:16 PM
Subject: Re: Look
Hi Steve,
I have one or two I would offer for sale.
How close do you live to Venice area? Seem to recell you're south of
me in one of the beach cities. That so?
Drop me a post, and in the meanwhile I'll decide which ones I will sell.
Keith Whaley
L.A. ~ by Venice
Steve Pearson wrote:
I don't believe this link to Norman Koren's comments on this issue have
been posted.
http://www.normankoren.com/Tutorials/Canoscan4000.html
The comments pertinent to film grain are at the bottom of the
page. Basically, he feels it's film grain, emphasized by FilmGet's
built-in sharpening.
An to make it worse, 98% of your customers can't tell the difference anyway.
Ciao,
Graywolf
http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto
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From: William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Steve,
I led you astray! I responded with M-42 lenses I have, and for your MX
you'll need a bayonet version.
Sorry. Ignore my post just sent, 'cause those mention two M-42s...
keith
Steve Pearson wrote:
Actually, I have an MX as well, that needs a 50mm
lens. So, my Super Program has the A
On Fri, 3 Jan 2003, Fred wrote:
Look for the A35-105/3.5. It's a bit faster, constant aperture,
and built like a tank.
I'd also suggest the A 35-105/3.5's sibling, the A 28-135/4.
I have one of these that I'm selling, in case anyone's interested. KEH
has one in BGN condition for $215.
A few useless facts from a local magazine:
1] 500 million cameras in use worldwide
2] 40 million new cameras sold a year worldwide (110 000 cameras A DAY)
3] At any given second 3000 pics a taken (180 000 a minute)
4] 3.3 billion rolls of film sold, down 5% from last year (most due to
digital
I realize this is probably a shot in the dark, but you
never know until you try.
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Anyone have an extra they can sell me? Looks like
this might be a good lens? If so, please contact
me!
Thanks!
__
In a message dated 1/5/2003 2:39:22 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
There are 5 billion or so sets of eyes on this planet, each one
sees things differently, and each will have different standards
of what is acceptable.
We can't even determine what the colour white is as a
Very, very OT.
Why is it that taking xmas ornaments/decorations down always seems to take longer than
putting them up? Even though it literally probably goes quicker.
Doe aka Marnie Sigh.
Looks like a Cosina to me.
All the best!
Raimo
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Aihe: Re: Carl Zeiss
Never heard of it, but sounds ok. The seller seems a bit straightforward.
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From: Steve Pearson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, January 05, 2003 8:44 PM
Subject: Re: Carl Zeiss Jena zoom lens 70-210 Pentax KA
Sorry about that, I forgot to give
It works fine on electronic bodies. In fact, some of the electronic
bodies support DOF preview even in AE modes like Tv and Program.
BR
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Dunno, but it's indeed a sad thing lots of cams come without DOF preview... That's why I love the older manual cams like my K2 and
I do no where there is one for sale but it's 180.00 Cdn.
Vic
In a message dated 1/5/03 4:16:44 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I realize this is probably a shot in the dark, but you
never know until you try.
I have just bought a secondhand but minty Epson 2450, based mostly in
the good reviews of this scanner written by some members of the PDML
(thanks for the info), as I need a scanner that can do both medium
format and 35 mm. scans for a price whithin my budget. I already have a
Minolta D'Image Dual
An enthusiast for sure: http://members28.cool.ne.jp/~khmhk/index.html
You have to rummage a bit but nice photos of the LX and some of the special Pentax
lenses. Most of the text in Japanese... oh well.
Anton
p.s. thanks to Rob (I think).
I suspect it's all that wrap and package (box up) 7 tree balls, take a
sip of cheer. Box another 7, another sip.
Before long, you have to renew your sippin' stuff and find more boxes.
Then it's the hand vacuum to pick up all the particles on the floor.
Another sip.
Lament on how they don't make
Raimo Korhonen wrote:
Looks like a Cosina to me.
All the best!
I don't think so, Raimo. In the eighties, some lenses sold under the
name of the East German Carl Zeiss were manufactured by Sigma in Japan,
and also some of the Pentacon lenses, especially zooms.
The last few days have seen us holding our breath near the River Thames
(pronounced Temz) on the outskirts of Oxford, England. Extremely heavy
rain last week means the river is now flooding, and within yards of our
back door. The water table is so high that the garden is flooded, with no
Thanx, guys, for your responses. I have to think all things over and
calculate a bit:))
Regards
Artur
--r-e-k-l-a-m-a-
Super tanie kwatery narciarskie.
Od 300 zl/osoba/tydzien
http://wycieczki.onet.pl
Peter wrote:
I'm looking for a lighter less $$$ big lense by
using teleconverters with a FA* 300mm f2.8 instead of
buying the FA* 600mm f4, but I still want high image
quality.
You can keep looking forever. High image quality with a 2X converter has never been
achieved in spite of what
How do you manage to constantly use DOF preview and hyper-program mode on the Z-1p. Do
you shoot at F:22?
Pål
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Sent: Sunday, January 05, 2003 7:31 PM
Subject: Re: which AF body has hyper-program/hyper-manual?
good
Raimo, I haven't found that. If the lens is soft in bench testing, it
certainly doesn't appear to show in practical use. I have used this lens at
maximum zoom for a presentation event, and the images were more than sharp
enough for publication.
John Coyle
Brisbane, Australia
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The middle one with trees reflected in water is interesting.
Looks like you have a lot of water ;-)
All the best!
Raimo
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Does not look like a Sigma to me. But I may be wrong, of course.
All the best!
Raimo
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Hi John,
which lens are you referring to?
I had the Sigma 2.8-4/28-105 ASPH whatever - and that was not good.
I have looked at many tests and not seen any lenses that are quite sharp at the long
end.
But I have not seen any tests on the Pentax 28-105 power zoom which many people hold
in great
In reflected-light mode, the meter will see roughly what the camera sees (it
has a 25-degree acceptance angle, unless you have the 5-degree spot
accessory), and should give you a similar reading.
However, is the subject is unusually light or dark, or likely to fool the
camera's meter, the
It is the Pentax FA 28-105 f4-5.6 Power Zoom! I haven't any recall of
seeing tests either, but my own experience of it is very positive. Some of
my PUG entries were taken with it:
http://pug.komkon.org/01sep/Farrier130.html
http://pug.komkon.org/02aug/reflecn.html
In a message dated 1/5/2003 4:48:58 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
I suspect it's all that wrap and package (box up) 7 tree balls, take a
sip of cheer. Box another 7, another sip.
Before long, you have to renew your sippin' stuff and find more boxes.
Then it's the hand
Steve, a popular and easy way to show the small size of the baby is to have
the father hold it in his large hands, with a cloth or not, as desired. You
can tie the backdrop cloth or blanket on like a bib (on the dad), and hold
the baby in your hands. Experiment and see what looks best to you.
Rod, I don't know why it's called electronic DOF. It seems more like
electric DOF, since you just operate the control and the lens stops down,
just like using a lever. No more, no less.
Pat White
Use the program shift 'wheel', change the aperture, and check DOF each time
it is changed.
Ed
From: Pål Jensen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
How do you manage to constantly use DOF preview and hyper-program mode on
the Z-1p. Do you shoot at F:22?
Pål
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Thanks Pat I need to experiment more. I did get the manual.
Vic
I disagree. You can achieve very good image quality with any of the late
model Pentax converters, such as the L2X-S, the A2X-S or the 1.4 X
equivelants, and good Pentax glass. I know I've done it. If you wish,
I'll show you some sharp and contrasty examples.
Paul Stenquist
Pål Jensen wrote:
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Dumb Newbie Q - What Color ARE Color Negatives?
Except I do think there could be more standardization in the
machines used. And maybe a change in film technology. I wouldn't
be one bit surprised if that doesn't happen down
Hallo,
I bought the 330GS two weeks ago. It is a realy nice camera. The results are
better than a tought.
regards
Rüdiger
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From: CBWaters [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, December 26, 2002 3:42 AM
Subject: opto 430
I played with an Opto 430
Doe,
One thing that is not mentioned very often when extolling the virtues
of doing it all at home in your digital darkroom is the massive amount
of time that is involved. I know of several pro's who have told me
that digital is taking more time than they used to allocated when
dealing with the
On Sun, 5 Jan 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Why is it that taking xmas ornaments/decorations down always seems to
take longer than putting them up? Even though it literally probably
goes quicker.
Ah, that's because you're probably doing it the boring old way, where you
carefully remove them
I don't know anything about this lens, but it looks very much like the Sigma
that I had 10 years ago.
regards,
Alan Chan
Never heard of it, but sounds ok. The seller seems a bit straightforward.
_
MSN 8: advanced junk mail
The Pentax Japan web site mentions the A1.4X-L is particular good for the
FA*300/2.8, and the A2X-L is particular good for FA*200/2.8. I have no
personal experience though.
regards,
Alan Chan
Hello
Has anyone had experience with the FA* 300mm f2.8
the 1.4xL 2xL converters?
I know that Paal
That should explain why it looks very much like the Sigma that I had 10
years ago - the shape, the aperture ring, the front element assembly, and
even the electrical contacts. I think this lens works on XR-P camera too
(see the bigger contact?). Btw, my Sigma sucked mechanically.
regards,
Alan
Good guess
Cory. I am in North Alabama. 3-4 hours from Atlanta. The nick Kudzu has been
fun. Sometimes people of Asian decent think I am from Asia since that is where
Kudzu came from.
Jeff
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Here's some interesting info from Luminous-Landscape that may shed more
light on the problem.
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/film/fuji-pepper.shtml
See you later, gs
the particular film Doug has been mentioning problems with is
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Why couldn't film have a color wheel at the beginning of each
roll? Well, not a wheel, but a color band?
Well, it would be pointless, since it would have absolutely no
correlation to the images subsequenly shot on the film.
not to mention film
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I've never used electronically controlled DOF preview, but does it work as
nice as mechanical? I can't imagine...
Rod.
why not? it's just a motor moving the aperture pin instead of your finger.
Herb...
That was certainly one of my biggest gripes with that interface. The
lack of electronic preview made the use of DOF preview useless with
the wonderful one handed thumb/finger spin routine. The alternative
(my normal choice) was to forego Hyp/Hym and use it more like the
current MZ-S interface.
I know I'm a bit late with this, but noone has really cleared this up,
and I've been away.
My manual says nothing about the counter being reset when the batteries
are changed - it does comment that when the batteries are changed then
data imprinting will be enabled. It also says that if you
On Sun, 5 Jan 2003 11:44:47 -0800 (PST), Steve Pearson wrote:
Sorry about that, I forgot to give you the link:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemcategory=4688item=1949940361
Is this lens any good, especially for macro work?
I used to have the f2.8 - 4 version of the lens and I
After all the crap about Golden rules and who or what is or isn't
right... I thought this might be appropriate.
A number of years ago, the Seattle Symphony was doing Beethoven's Ninth
under the baton of Milton Katims...
At this point, you need to understand two things:
(1) There's a long
On Sun, 5 Jan 2003 15:40:20 -0800, Bruce Dayton wrote:
[...] If you took the time to scan and touch up 36-72 images and
then print them all, you might be surprised just how time
intensive it is. Not to mention the person who has just come back
from vacation with 10 rolls.
Or me, who just
Could someone knowledgeable in the art of drum based b/w film processing
help me out? I'm looking for something for small volumes (~2-3 rolls of
135 or 120, or maybe 4x5 in the future) of b/w film processing. There
seem to be a lot of things out on ebay, but it's a bit hard to make an
Hello again,
Has anyone used the newer Sigma 1.4x 2x AF APO
teleconverters with a Pentax prime lenses? How does
the image quality compare to the Pentax A-converters
(especially the L ones)?
I've read that the Sigma's are only compatible with
the FA* 200mm f2.8, 300mm f2.8 600mm f4.
FYI: I've
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