Greetings fellow PDMLer's, I haven't posted in a while, but I have been reading a few of the posts every now and then. Just before Thanksgiving I purchased a K 500 f/4.5 from KEH to use for my bird photography. I figured with all the folks jumping on the K10D bandwagon that the older pentax lenses might get scarcer yet. And since I can't afford the dream FA* 600/4 yet that this may be the next best substitute. I got a brief chance last weekend to try it out and it is really not bad at all other than the manual focus required. But there is no way effectively to shoot with it hand held. I managed to get a couple decent bird shots, one of which was my first encounter with the Golden Crowned Kinglet. By this time of the day the light was beginning to dwindle so I felt very fortunate to capture this little fellow: http://ct.pbase.com/ o6/87/63987/1/70993547.eNCzrQG2.GoldenCrownKinglet2.jpg Taken with the *istDL.
Thanks for looking and feedback if you are so inclined, JayT -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
