Godfrey, thanks, that's very useful. Bit of a monster when it's excited isn't it? I'm not sure I want to be dragging that around. What I really want is something I can hand-hold with a bit more reach than the 14-54 gives me - probably about 100mm. I might take the 100/2.8 CZ Makro.
Thanks, Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Godfrey DiGiorgi > Sent: 21 September 2008 00:06 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: The best PDML photo ever > > It's a large lens and grows somewhat long at the 200mm setting ... > fitted to the E-1 with lens hood fitted and sitting fully collapsed > next to the Leica 14-50: > > http://homepage.mac.com/godders/oly50-200_lens.jpg > > Controls are large and work beautifully smoothly, I imagine > that with > the E-1 + grip it would be nicely stabilized, but I only very rarely > shoot with anything much longer than 50mm without a tripod. > I've only > taken two pictures with the 50-200 hand-held, one of them a portrait > at about 70mm that is very sharp with pleasing bokeh. > > Godfrey -- 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 directions.