Jay, I'm told I'm forbidden to view the link.
Rick --- Jay Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, I finally have been able to secure a nice long > Pentax telephoto > lens. The FA*250-600mm/f5.6 zoom! > I had been dreaming about the FA*600/4 ever since I > started shooting > birds, but a good guy who lives in my region just > happened to put > this fine lens up for sale since he wasn't shooting > with it very much > and was transitioning to Canon gear. Even though a > pretty reliable > source indicated to me that this lens is not > exceptional on digital > bodies I couldn't pass up on the opportunity. I was > able to try it > out for about 10 days while the owner was out of the > country, but the > weather here for the most part was pretty crappy and > I was too scared > to take it anywhere outside of my home to shoot with > it since I > wasn't sure If I was going to purchase it. > I decided that I might as well go for it and if it > didn't work out I > could always sell it. Even though f5.6 is not as > fast as I would > prefer and a zoom would not be as sharp as a prime, > I figured the > flexibility of having the wide zoom range could come > in handy and the > chances of finding a used 600/f4 in my price range > would be pretty slim. > Anyhow, here is one of the first few images from it > and the K10D when > we had a little bit of decent light: > > http://i.pbase.com/o6/87/63987/1/75415076.oCor9YTy.IMGP0850.jpg > > Oh yeah, this puppy is pretty heavy. I'm hoping my > tripod (Benro > 1327) is stout enough as well as the Wimberley > Sidekick without > having to go to the full Wimberley head. > I'm really looking forward to getting out in the > field with this baby. > > JayT > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW ____________________________________________________________________________________ Now that's room service! Choose from over 150,000 hotels in 45,000 destinations on Yahoo! Travel to find your fit. http://farechase.yahoo.com/promo-generic-14795097 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net