Hi Daniel,
Welcome to the list! Before you go out and spend gobs
and gobs of money on a 200mm or 400mm lens make sure
that the "venue" you want to use it on will allow you
to use it there! I recently went to a Detroit Red
Wings hockey game and was telling my boss that I was
going to take a big telephoto lens to get some
"close-ups". He tipped me off that the NHL prohibits
long lenses (apparently so does Major League
Baseball). I went taking my Pentax Spotmatic and a
55mm Takumar lens and they still didn't want to let me
in...saying nothing longer than 54mm!!! (They
relented....but check it out first!) I'm sure amateur
and minor league events don't have this
prohibition....I can only guess that they want you to
buy souvenir posters, rather than take your own
quality photos! Welcome again! Mike Steele
--- Daniel Suarez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello list!
>
> This will be my first posting to the group. I am
> also new to Pentax. Just on
> Thursday I received my new Pentax MZ-7 with 35-80mm
> FA Lens. I've already
> gone through 3 rolls of 36 exposures. I am very
> happy with it.
>
> My experimenting with the camera and its various
> features has lead me to
> timed exposures. I've been trying to practice on a
> waterfall near my work
> place but I can't figure it out. Is anyone familiar
> with the camera? I am
> not using a remote to minimize camera movement for
> the timed exposure as
> recommended since I've yet to purchase one (this is
> next on the list - along
> with a tri-pod).
>
> The manual explains how to do it. It said to put the
> camera in manual mode
> and press the button for as long as you want the
> exposure for. But, I am
> obviously missing something since this is not
> working.
>
> I'm also thinking of purchasing a larger lens. I am
> thinking either maxing
> at 200 or 400mm. Not sure. I'd like to shoot sports
> events (baseball,
> hockey, soccer) and I am not usually near the
> action. I'm thinking I should
> go for the 400mm lens. All I now is that I am
> getting a fish eye lens. I
> love those effects/shots.
>
> C. Daniel Suarez
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