On Jan 23, 2011, at 8:54 PM, William Robb wrote: > On 23/01/2011 6:21 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: >> The best buy in longish Pentax glass is probably the A400/5.6. They >> sometimes go for just a couple hundred. The M and K versions won't focus >> close enough for bird or small animal photography unless used with a short >> extension tube. > > Have you used yours on the K5 yet? I don't think I've used my A400/5.6 since > the K10. > Which is sad. > I've used it a couple of times with the K5. Purple fringing was somewhat of a problem with this lens on earlier Pentax DSLRs. It seems less prone to that with the K-5. Here's a pic I shot with it a couple of weeks ago. I like it because it's light enough for handholding, yet has good reach and fairly close focus capability. Paul
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