Re: 300mm AF lens

2009-06-03 Thread David Mann
On Jun 3, 2009, at 2:08 PM, Doug Franklin wrote: David Mann wrote: A previous owner of my F*300 had taken some heavy machinery to the foot to reduce its height. Yikes! I like the "foot" because it gives me a good handhold when I'm not using the monopod. With IS, it's an eminently handho

Re: 300mm AF lens

2009-06-02 Thread Doug Franklin
David Mann wrote: A previous owner of my F*300 had taken some heavy machinery to the foot to reduce its height. Yikes! I like the "foot" because it gives me a good handhold when I'm not using the monopod. With IS, it's an eminently handholdable lens at the 1/125 to 1/250 shutter speeds I t

RE: 300mm AF lens

2009-06-02 Thread J.C. O'Connell
scuss Mail List Subject: Re: 300mm AF lens Yeah, what he said. A previous owner of my F*300 had taken some heavy machinery to the foot to reduce its height. I think I preferred my F* over the old A*. Cheers, Dave On Jun 3, 2009, at 10:20 AM, Doug Franklin wrote: > I have the the Pentax F* 30

Re: 300mm AF lens

2009-06-02 Thread David Mann
Yeah, what he said. A previous owner of my F*300 had taken some heavy machinery to the foot to reduce its height. I think I preferred my F* over the old A*. Cheers, Dave On Jun 3, 2009, at 10:20 AM, Doug Franklin wrote: I have the the Pentax F* 300/4.5, I use it all the time, and I love

Re: 300mm AF lens

2009-06-02 Thread Doug Franklin
I have the the Pentax F* 300/4.5, I use it all the time, and I love it. The only lens I have that's better is the FA* 200/2.8. I got the F* instead of the FA* because the F* has the tripod collar and "foot". I can't compare it to any other 300s, though, since I've never had any others. -- T

RE: 300mm AF lens

2009-06-02 Thread John Whittingham
No AF, 300mm AF lens. John From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Ken Waller [kwal...@peoplepc.com] Sent: 02 June 2009 21:23 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: 300mm AF lens >has no tripod mount or availability

Re: Re: 300mm AF lens

2009-06-02 Thread Jens
Thanks, Ken I may tri to find one at a reasonable price. Regards Jens -- Treat others as you would like to be treated yourself. On Jun 2, 2009 22:19 "Ken Waller" wrote: > I would highly reccommend the Pentax 300mm f4.5 FA SMC IF+ED. Its my > most > used lens. I have had it since new and it has

Re: 300mm AF lens

2009-06-02 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Ken Waller" Subject: Re: 300mm AF lens I would highly reccommend the Pentax 300mm f4.5 FA SMC IF+ED. Its my most used lens. I have had it since new and it has never given me any troubles. True it has no tripod mount, but I've never found

Re: 300mm AF lens

2009-06-02 Thread Ken Waller
s friking awesome! John From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of J.C. O'Connell [hifis...@gate.net] Sent: 02 June 2009 15:12 To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' Subject: RE: 300mm AF lens What about the various Pentax AF 300mm lenses Made ove

Re: 300mm AF lens

2009-06-02 Thread Ken Waller
I would highly reccommend the Pentax 300mm f4.5 FA SMC IF+ED. Its my most used lens. I have had it since new and it has never given me any troubles. True it has no tripod mount, but I've never found that to be the cause of throw away images. I've used mine with a Pentax A-1.4X-S convertor and ha

RE: 300mm AF lens

2009-06-02 Thread John Whittingham
ome! John From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of J.C. O'Connell [hifis...@gate.net] Sent: 02 June 2009 15:12 To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' Subject: RE: 300mm AF lens What about the various Pentax AF 300mm lenses Made over the years? An

Re: 300mm AF lens

2009-06-02 Thread David Savage
gt; > J.C. O'Connell ( mailto:hifis...@gate.net ) > > > -Original Message- > From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of > Christian > Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 9:15 AM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: 300mm AF lens >

RE: 300mm AF lens

2009-06-02 Thread J.C. O'Connell
15 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: 300mm AF lens The sigma was my only longish lens for a long time when I had the *ist D. It works great with both the 1.4x and 2x matched Sigma TCs. -- Christian http://404mohawknotfound.blogspot.com/ John Whittingham wrote: > Hi Jens, > &g

Re: 300mm AF lens

2009-06-02 Thread Christian
The sigma was my only longish lens for a long time when I had the *ist D. It works great with both the 1.4x and 2x matched Sigma TCs. -- Christian http://404mohawknotfound.blogspot.com/ John Whittingham wrote: Hi Jens, Sigma 300/4 APO Tele Macro s/h of course. I'll swap mine for a 400/5.6 S

RE: 300mm AF lens

2009-06-02 Thread John Whittingham
Hi Jens, Sigma 300/4 APO Tele Macro s/h of course. I'll swap mine for a 400/5.6 Sigma APO PKAF. Jiohn From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Jens [p...@planfoto.dk] Sent: 02 June 2009 10:18 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: