HD Pentax-DA 55-300mm F4.5-6.3 ED PLM WR RE - Show us what it can do, what it CAN'T!

**jersey** · 09-28-2021, 06:43 AM - **1 Like**

With K-3 Mk III

**aslyfox** · 09-30-2021, 05:34 PM - **3 Likes**

trumpeter swans in Yellowstone Lake

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Situated at 7,733 feet (2,357 m) above sea level, Yellowstone Lake is the largest high elevation lake (above 7,000 feet / 2,134 m) in North America. It is roughly 20 miles (32.2 km) long and 14 miles (22.5 km) wide, with 141 miles (227 km) of shoreline and a surface area of 132 square miles (342 km2). Yellowstone Lake freezes over completely every winter in late December or early January, with ice thicknesses varying from a few inches to more than two feet. . . .

Yellowstone Lake - Yellowstone National Park (U.S. National Park Service)

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**Pål Jensen** · 10-02-2021, 09:43 AM - **7 Likes**

Seconds before the sun disappeared yesterday.....

**Crooski** · 10-02-2021, 11:00 AM - **3 Likes**

Fixing the plumage

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Jan178 · 10-02-2021, 12:05 PM - **4 Likes**

the Aperture

55-300mm PLM on K-70

swanlefitte · 10-10-2021, 10:40 AM - **9 Likes**

with the 1.4x tc at the 364mm just before f/8 becomes f/9.5 and cropped about 14% of the top.
and a little on the sides as I changed to 4:3

northcoastgreg · 10-11-2021, 04:43 AM - **3 Likes**

With the KP:

**jersey** · 10-13-2021, 02:34 PM - **3 Likes**

With K-3 Mk III

**Pål Jensen** · 10-14-2021, 12:33 PM - **12 Likes**

What the 55-300PLM can do? You can take it with you to mountaintops. It is almost pocket-able. For us coming from film it is like science fiction to have a lightweight super-telephoto (angle of view equivalent to a 450mm on a 35mm film body) lens for the APS format. In the old days lenses with such angle of view stayed at home due to weight and size, if you could afford one at all.

With the K-3III

**Pål Jensen** · 10-28-2021, 02:09 PM - **6 Likes**

Weird rainbow today. Had to stop in the middle of the road to get this, Luckily no traffic. Pentax K-3III

**jersey** · 10-28-2021, 11:55 PM

^^^^

Looks like rainbow night raid caught in air defence reflector

Great picture.

northcoastgreg · 11-02-2021, 03:39 AM - **2 Likes**

With the KP:

**ehrwien** · 11-03-2021, 11:03 AM - **5 Likes**

on the K-3 III

the convenience of the zoom made it possible for me to follow this deep flying bird and keep it in the frame

@190mm

Common Kestrel + Prey 1

@210mm

Common Kestrel + Prey 2

normhead · 11-04-2021, 02:46 PM - **2 Likes**

My life seems to be all dog walks and dead foliage.
K-3 and DA 55-300 PLM with HD DA 1.4 TC

**ehrwien** · 11-06-2021, 04:13 AM - **5 Likes**

on the K-3 III

Masked Green Woodpecker

10-14-2021, 12:33 PM - 12 Likes	#999
Pål Jensen Site Supporter Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Norway Photos: Albums Posts: 4,371	What the 55-300PLM can do? You can take it with you to mountaintops. It is almost pocket-able. For us coming from film it is like science fiction to have a lightweight super-telephoto (angle of view equivalent to a 450mm on a 35mm film body) lens for the APS format. In the old days lenses with such angle of view stayed at home due to weight and size, if you could afford one at all. With the K-3III Last edited by Pål Jensen; 10-14-2021 at 12:48 PM.

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swanlefitte Pentaxian Join Date: May 2015 Location: Minneapolis Photos: Gallery Posts: 4,068	with the 1.4x tc at the 364mm just before f/8 becomes f/9.5 and cropped about 14% of the top. and a little on the sides as I changed to 4:3

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Pål Jensen Site Supporter Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Norway Photos: Albums Posts: 4,371	Weird rainbow today. Had to stop in the middle of the road to get this, Luckily no traffic. Pentax K-3III

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jersey Site Supporter Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: 3City agglomeration Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 2,056	^^^^ Looks like rainbow night raid caught in air defence reflector Great picture.

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ehrwien Site Supporter Join Date: May 2016 Posts: 2,782	on the K-3 III the convenience of the zoom made it possible for me to follow this deep flying bird and keep it in the frame @190mm Common Kestrel + Prey 1 @210mm Common Kestrel + Prey 2

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