the K400/5.6 is not the same (scaled up) design as he K300/4 JC O'Connell hifis...@gate.net
-----Original Message----- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of David J Brooks Sent: Saturday, April 18, 2009 5:54 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: k 300mm f4 I know this is not what your looking for, but, I have the K400, its not great, its ok, on the K10D. Dave On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 2:46 PM, John Whittingham <jo...@carmel.ac.uk> wrote: > The K300/4 worked very well on film, I've not tried it on digital, > it's a big lens to hand hold and has no tripod collar. > > Regards, > > John > ________________________________________ > From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Barry > Rice [bamr...@ucdavis.edu] > Sent: 18 April 2009 17:12 > To: pdml@pdml.net > Cc: ba...@sarracenia.com > Subject: k 300mm f4 > > Hey Folks, > > I just noticed a K 300/F4 lens in excellent condition in a local > store. My wife does bird photography and this lens might be a nice > lens to bridge the 200mm and 500 mm lenses I have that she uses. > > Yes, it is very manual, etc., but does $350 seem to be a reasonable > price for this lens? Any comments on its performance? We'd be using > this on our digital camera bodies. > > This is the lens: > > http://kmp.bdimitrov.de/lenses/primes/extreme-tele/K300f4.html > > Cheers > > Barry > > > -- > 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. > > -- > 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. > -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- 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. -- 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.