Originally posted by monochrome I hope the last photo in that series was at 600mm (900mm equivalent) and a 20% crop
It was inded at 600mm, but I never crop my images (personal rule against cropping).
Originally posted by Tas You know, this is one of those unique lenses from Pentax that deserves an update with the new coatings as it would be a solution to the lack of long telephoto options in our system. Ah well, I can but dream and make the most of the 150-450 when it arrives.
You've done well mate and I look forward to seeing some more excellent images from you with that lens...though maybe not so close to momma bear next time eh?
Tas
I was a little uncomfortable being so close, but out of the 200 photographers standing next to me, I figured I could run faster than half of them.
If Pentax did release a new version of this lens it wouldn't interest me, as I need an aperture ring for my older film bodies.
Originally posted by normhead Great pick up, I lost a great buy one one, a couple who had only used it 12 times on a few cruises had one and only wanted $5k for it. I phoned 20 minutes too late, since then the price has gone through the roof. I've moved on. Good to see some one is living my dream.
I'll live the dream for you. Too bad you lost out on a lens like this.
Originally posted by rawr Perhaps if the K-1 does well, Ricoh will be tempted to start re-introducing some pro-grade lenses like the 250-600 into the line-up. As a kind of big brother to the DFA 150-450.
Speaking of using the K-1 with long lenses, Ricoh need to do something about the current lack of a modern 1.4x FF-compatible teleconverter for Pentax.
I was saving up for the K-1 and was getting close to pulling the trigger, then found a certain telephoto zoom lens I've been wanting for years. My K-1 fund is empty now.
I'd love to see a new teleconverter from Pentax. The regular FF teleconverters don't work with this lens. You need the -L teleconverters instead.