Herb, I didn't appreciate the technique/skill required to capture moving subjects with long lenses until I got my 600mm several years ago. I had done fairly well with my 300mm FA. My ratio of keepers to shots taken with the 600 is among the lowest of any lens I shoot. On top of that there are only so many "catalog" shots of wildlife that you can take. So it really is a stalker lens where you might invest a lot of time sitting and waiting for the wildlife to actually do something other than pose. I love my 600 and I have a real appreciation for those that capture great images with it. IMHO long lenses are in a different league than most other lenses (with or without autofocus).
Kenneth Waller ----- Original Message ----- From: "Herb Chong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2004 8:47 PM Subject: Re: birds and turtles > the point i was trying to make is that autofocus would have made it easier > to get the shots with the right part in exact focus, not harder. Pentax has > a gap in their current FA* long telephoto lenses with no FA* 400/2.8. the > FA* 400/5.6 isn't of the same quality and the FA* 300/2.8 isn't long enough. > right now, the FA* 600/4 is too pricey, but it's in the budget for October. > > Herb.... > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "frank theriault" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2004 2:10 PM > Subject: Re: birds and turtles > > > > I know how hard it must be to do what you're doing and nail down the focus > > of moving animals with the aperture wide open. Actually, I don't know, > > because I've never tried it. I can imagine it's difficult, though. > > > > As I indicated in my original post, many of the photos I did like, even > ones > > where the focus was off just a tad. > > >
