Re: Birding with the 18-250

2010-05-24 Thread Larry Colen
On 5/23/2010 11:56 AM, eckinator wrote: I can post a pic if anyone knows their monkey around this list Mark! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the

Re: Birding with the 18-250

2010-05-23 Thread Boris Liberman
Larry ;-), you're confusing things. It is them who got close enough to you, not you to them... On 5/21/2010 9:28 AM, Larry Colen wrote: Though occasionally you can even get in close enough with the 16-50 http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/4626341078/sizes/o/ -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com

Re: Birding with the 18-250

2010-05-23 Thread eckinator
2010/5/22 Larry Colen l...@red4est.com: Thanks, Jack and Ecke. The 18-250 was at 250.  We had gotten a stuffed churro on the pier, which really wasn't very good. I was sitting on the ground, holding little bits of it in one hand, shooting with the other. At least until one of the gulls saw

RE: Birding with the 18-250

2010-05-23 Thread Bob W
The 18-250 was at 250.  We had gotten a stuffed churro on the pier, which really wasn't very good. I was sitting on the ground, holding little bits of it in one hand, shooting with the other. At least until one of the gulls saw that what was left was under my leg and jumped in

Re: Birding with the 18-250

2010-05-23 Thread eckinator
2010/5/23 Bob W p...@web-options.com: I had a similar problem with my breaksfast and a troupe of colobus monkeys in Ethiopia once. Same in Northwestern Malaysia - don't go near them with a plastic carrier bag or worse, food in your hands... dunno what kind of monkeys they were though - I can

Re: Birding with the 18-250

2010-05-22 Thread Larry Colen
Thanks, Jack and Ecke. The 18-250 was at 250. We had gotten a stuffed churro on the pier, which really wasn't very good. I was sitting on the ground, holding little bits of it in one hand, shooting with the other. At least until one of the gulls saw that what was left was under my leg and

Re: Birding with the 18-250

2010-05-21 Thread Jack Davis
Very crisp work, Larry! Wondering about the zoom settings on the 18~250. Well done 16~50 shot. Jack --- On Thu, 5/20/10, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: From: Larry Colen l...@red4est.com Subject: Birding with the 18-250 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Thursday, May 20,

Re: Birding with the 18-250

2010-05-21 Thread eckinator
Nice =) Did you use a remote for the 16-50 shot? And is the DA* pigeon poo proof? Cheers Ecke 2010/5/21 Larry Colen l...@red4est.com: The Tamron 18-250 is not an ideal lens for birding, but occasionally it's adequately sharp: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/4626335024/