300mm plus Lens Club: discuss your long lenses

**dadipentak** · 04-30-2017, 04:01 PM - **2 Likes**

**boriscleto** · 04-30-2017, 04:45 PM - **10 Likes**

It was a little breezy down at the marsh tonight.

**WPRESTO** · 04-30-2017, 04:49 PM

Originally posted by boriscleto

It was a little breezy down at the marsh tonight.

That first image should become a classic.

Racer X 69 · 04-30-2017, 05:19 PM

Originally posted by danmdan

Typical UK Jays going after peanuts stashed in wall joints.

Cool how you caught the bird just before its feet touched down, but the wings are folded up.

**Bhuey55** · 04-30-2017, 08:58 PM - **3 Likes**

k5ii w/DA*300

**riseform** · 04-30-2017, 10:33 PM - **11 Likes**

Happy to see some old friends back in the Pacific Northwest!

Calliope hummingbird K3ii and DA 560

and a Nashville warbler K1 and DA 560

Sterby · 05-01-2017, 06:24 AM - **7 Likes**

Some shots from the last few weeks
K3 + Sigma 50-500 OS HSM

Stork

Barn swallow

Roebuck and his harem

dcerrati · 05-01-2017, 07:27 AM - **13 Likes**

I have been putting more of my recent pics in the 150-450 thread, but seeing as this thread gets WAY more traffic, and it is the 300+ club... I'll post in both. I went back to the eagles' nest this weekend, and finally had better light to shoot with. It's amazing what a little morning sun can do for the photos!

**dadipentak** · 05-01-2017, 08:28 AM

Outstanding!

Originally posted by dcerrati

It's amazing what a little morning sun can do for the photos!

Amen! (As long as you're shooting West. ;~)

Ducatigaz · 05-01-2017, 10:20 AM - **9 Likes**

This is the first shot from my new K-3ii with a Sigma 500mm f4.5 EX DG/Eckla window mount. 60% crop

I also checked the shutter count of my trusty K-5 and it's 56,613

normhead · 05-01-2017, 10:25 AM

I find my K-3 just pushes the level of the detail over the top on many images like this.

**jacamar** · 05-01-2017, 10:42 AM - **1 Like**

Welcome to the K-3 fraternity (and sorority!) Gary! It's not fair that some of your "chickadees" are so much more colourful than ours.

tim60 · 05-01-2017, 11:00 AM

Originally posted by Ducatigaz

This is the first shot from my new K-3ii with a Sigma 500mm f4.5 EX DG/Eckla window mount.

I also checked the shutter count of my trusty K-5 and it's 56,613

So you advanced your camera to K3ii.

Does that couple through correctly to the Sigma like the K3, but unlike the K5?

I sometimes see those birds near here and also near the office.

Ducatigaz · 05-01-2017, 11:20 AM

Originally posted by tim60

So you advanced your camera to K3ii.

Does that couple through correctly to the Sigma like the K3, but unlike the K5?

I sometimes see those birds near here and also near the office.

All of my lenses work fine with the K-3ii and K-5 ,it was when I tried a K-5iiS I found it would not focus using the Sigma 300 and 500mm lenses so I took it back to the

shop and got a full refund [I think I used it for about a week]

The shop tried to say it was the lenses that I was using So I took them with me to the shop to demonstrate the problem [ they didn't know that I only had primes]

tim60 · 05-01-2017, 11:25 AM - **1 Like**

Good that it all works.

Sometimes I look out the office window and see birds of types you have placed pictures of here. And other times I see them in the back yard outside the kitchen window.

04-30-2017, 10:33 PM - 11 Likes	#25446
riseform Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: WA, USA Photos: Gallery Posts: 473	Happy to see some old friends back in the Pacific Northwest! Calliope hummingbird K3ii and DA 560 and a Nashville warbler K1 and DA 560 Last edited by riseform; 05-17-2017 at 11:50 PM.

05-01-2017, 10:20 AM - 9 Likes	#25450
Ducatigaz Pentaxian Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Blunsdon,Wiltshire, UK Posts: 1,503	This is the first shot from my new K-3ii with a Sigma 500mm f4.5 EX DG/Eckla window mount. 60% crop I also checked the shutter count of my trusty K-5 and it's 56,613 Last edited by Ducatigaz; 05-01-2017 at 01:43 PM.

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tim60 Pentaxian Join Date: Apr 2011 Photos: Albums Posts: 8,743	Originally posted by Ducatigaz This is the first shot from my new K-3ii with a Sigma 500mm f4.5 EX DG/Eckla window mount. I also checked the shutter count of my trusty K-5 and it's 56,613 So you advanced your camera to K3ii. Does that couple through correctly to the Sigma like the K3, but unlike the K5? I sometimes see those birds near here and also near the office.

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Ducatigaz Pentaxian Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Blunsdon,Wiltshire, UK Posts: 1,503	Originally posted by tim60 So you advanced your camera to K3ii. Does that couple through correctly to the Sigma like the K3, but unlike the K5? I sometimes see those birds near here and also near the office. All of my lenses work fine with the K-3ii and K-5 ,it was when I tried a K-5iiS I found it would not focus using the Sigma 300 and 500mm lenses so I took it back to the shop and got a full refund [I think I used it for about a week] The shop tried to say it was the lenses that I was using So I took them with me to the shop to demonstrate the problem [ they didn't know that I only had primes]

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tim60 Pentaxian Join Date: Apr 2011 Photos: Albums Posts: 8,743	Good that it all works. Sometimes I look out the office window and see birds of types you have placed pictures of here. And other times I see them in the back yard outside the kitchen window.