I get your dilemma, Cory. You'll be grateful to the 55~300 for providing some very decent images.
Jack --- On Sun, 4/3/11, Cory Waters <cbwat...@bellsouth.net> wrote: > From: Cory Waters <cbwat...@bellsouth.net> > Subject: sometimes being good isn't good ;) > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> > Date: Sunday, April 3, 2011, 5:40 AM > I've been shooting at my daughter's > soccer games for a while now. I'm using my K10 and the > DA50-200 I got when that camera was new (I think there's a > newer version out now) > If I make half an effort, I can come away with three to > five shots per game that I'm more or less happy with after a > little processing. There's another ten to fifteen that I'll > post out to the parent group. They're not likely to be > as critical as me, they're happy to have shots of their kid, > and I assume they're just happy someone else is taking > pictures so they don't have to ;) > The problem is, SHE sees the fifteen to twenty "post > worthy" shots per game and thinks they're "fine". This > means that there's virtually no need for me to spend a grand > on a new faster telephoto lens. > In the back of my mind, buried deep under years of > obsessive desire for enablement, I know that a new lens > won't make my photos *That* much better. It's not the > lens that screws up most of my shots... > > But, of course, LBA is strong. > > The 60-250 calls. > But it might be the 55-300 that answers. > > > > > > > -- 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.
