The DFA 150-450 4.5-5.6 is excellent on the k-1 and sells for about $1800 new. For truly long lens work I use it with the DA 1.4 X converter on the K-3 for great 900mm plus field of view. Paul
> On Jun 10, 2025, at 6:28 PM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On 2025-06-10 14:15, John Sessoms wrote: >> I was never satisfied with the images I could get from the Bigma. It >> was Ok out to about 250mm, but I have better lenses in that range. > > I'm very interested in your suggestion for a better "affordable" lens in the > 500mm range. > > I'm less than thrilled at what mine does at full throw, but even at used > prices, haven't found anything better for less than $2,000. > > >> I have done "closeup" photography with a 300/2.8 - getting in as close >> as it would allow me to get & still focus. The images were pretty good >> even when all I had was the *ist-D. >> On 6/8/2025 6:03 PM, Larry Colen wrote: >>> On another photo list, someone was asking about borrowing a macro lens for >>> a trip to Costa Rica, someone suggested putting extension tubes on their >>> telephoto. As usual my mind went to a silly, probably impractical place. >>> What if I were to put extension tubes on my Sigma 50-500? Have any of you >>> tried doing something like this? Putting extension tubes on a fairly long >>> telephoto, to make a ridiculously long macro? >>> For them that like photos, on a related subject, here are 3 photos I >>> processed last night of a cropped fence lizard that I took with my bigma a >>> couple of weeks back: >>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72177720326695531 >>> It's probably a blue belly, I didn't get close enough to check. >> -- >> Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur > > -- > Larry Colen [email protected] http://red4est.com/lrc > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
