Wow! Great sharpness and definition on those field lights. Looks like you've landed a real winner. Do you mind my asking what you paid? Paul
"J. C. O'Connell" wrote: > Got the SMC Takumar Zoom 135-600 6.7 from > Japan this week. I bought it mostly > to fill out my screwmount lens collection > but couldnt wait to try it out. > > First of all the F6.7 aperture makes it > tough to focus at 135mm but its easy enough > to focus at 600 and then just zoom out > if needed. > > Best feature of this lens is the wide > zoom range of nearly 4.5 to 1. Nikon and > Canon never made a lens like this. WIMPS. > Another really useful thing is that it > focuses down to only 20 feet even at 600mm. > This allows for some really tight framing > which probably be great for birding. There > is a super closeup attachment lens that > allows it to focus to 10 feet but I didnt > try it yet. > > I havent shot enough apertures and distances > yet to get a good handle on the performance > but I can say one thing: This lens at 600mm > is AWESOME. I did not expect this at all, > usually telezooms get softer at the long end. > This one seems just as good maybe even better > at 600! > > Here a test shot of some field lights about 75 yards > away from camera using 600mm & f11: > > Full frame > http://www.gate.net/~hifisapi/600mmlights1.jpg > > cropped blowup > http://www.gate.net/~hifisapi/600mmlights2.jpg > > I'm gonna try some color with it this weekend > if the weather clears up. I'm delighted with > the results so far. I never expected a 25 year > old zoom to be anywhere near this good. I am > psyched up about tele-photography again and this > is a perfect compliment to my P67 setup which > doesnt cover the long end very well. > JCO > - > 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 .
