Sounds like I picked the right one for the weight/size requirement. I have heard the focusing distance issue before. Why does that matter to so many people. I bought this lens to shoot things that are far away not close.
Geoff > You will barely find a lighter all-metal made 300mm > lens. The major disadvantage of the A/M*300/4 is the > minimum focusing distance of only 4m. I would > recommend adding a K50mm extension tube or a > 'helicoic' (adjustable) extension tube K. This will > decrease the minimum focusing distance to 2.8m or so. > Alexander > Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! > http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/ > - > 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 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 .