Quoting Darren Addy <pixelsmi...@gmail.com>:
I tripped across a manual focus lens last night that I was not previously aware of: The Tamron SP 300mm f5.6 Flat Field (model 54B), an Adaptall2 lens. The two big things it has going for it are lightness and close focusing capabilities.
I have one of those - as well as the 2x adapter. I haven't used it for some time, though - manual focussing of long lenses is a bit of a challenge these days.
I used to take it to the Sydney Cricket Ground once a year where I'd use it, tripod mounted, for some action shots of the players. I may do that again this year. I only wish it had a tripod collar - it's not a heavy lens but I always felt it was a bit unbalanced without one so I cobbled together a rough support to move the tripod support a bit further from the camera.
Hope you enjoy yours. -- Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- 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.
