Well its minimum is longer then my Tamron 300/2.8. But it will still go short enough to reach out to my front bird feeder just barely. And when on the Super A MD it works good changing the shutter speed as I turn the aperture ring (no click stops). We start filing the feeders this week so I'll shoot some with it and find out how it does. McBroom's lists the lens as costing $950 new and worth from $240-480 in EX condition used. Kent Gittings
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of John Mustarde Sent: Friday, December 28, 2001 6:55 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: 500/5.6 On Fri, 28 Dec 2001 14:11:44 -0500, you wrote: >Turns out to be an American made Century Tele-Athenar II 500/5.6. Wow! Congratulations on an unusual find. The Century optics, from all I've read, are second to none. I hope it shoots as good as I think it will. What's the minimum focus distance? Older tele lenses usually need tubes to get very close, but since this was made for movies maybe it is different. -- John Mustarde www.photolin.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. www.mimesweeper.com ********************************************************************** - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
