300mm plus Lens Club: discuss your long lenses

**jacamar** · 05-21-2018, 06:26 AM - **11 Likes**

Marsh Wren

True confession - I still had the shutter speed set 1/160 sec from some previous shots. After a few seconds I glanced at the settings and changed them, but of course the bird was gone. Hand held, not brilliant, but better than I deserve.

**Canada_Rockies** · 05-21-2018, 06:45 AM

Originally posted by jacamar

Marsh Wren

True confession - I still had the shutter speed set 1/160 sec from some previous shots. After a few seconds I glanced at the settings and changed them, but of course the bird was gone. Hand held, not brilliant, but better than I deserve.

I, of course, have NEVER done that kind of error.

SMC Takumar 55/1.8 on K-3. My wife put her hat on me as a hat stand (sometimes I'm useful). and I did what I would have done with the DA 12-24. I just held the camera out and went CLICK. It didn't autofocus! what's wrong with my camera?

Apologies to the list: this isn't a 300+ mm lens.

zzeitg · 05-21-2018, 11:51 AM - **9 Likes**

DFA 150-450

**marcusBMG** · 05-21-2018, 12:54 PM - **2 Likes**

I picked up this classic old preset telephoto lens to check out. It looks like a classic 4 elements in 3 groups "wundertute" type.

Mine is branded Cunor but it is most commonly found as a soligor. There has been an ongoing debate on mflenses.com as to who made this and other similar lenses. The soligors have a H6xxx serial, as does this cunor, coincidentally or not, H6's have been attributed to Kino. However I am going to place a flag and say this is a tokina, and the kino attribution to H6xxx serials is wrong. Even though I haven't been able to find any evidence of one branded as a tokina (or tokyo koki) online, for me the "faux" 47mm thread t-mount that this lens has is distinctively, and definitively, tokina.
I took along my soligor (tamron) 350mm f5.6 for comparison, that's a lens I rate. Some test pics of the musselmens raft were inconclusive due to inconsistencies, suffice to say results were similar. And both lenses took similar pics of the jackdaws and gulls on Conwy quayside (cunor top, NX20, f11 same pp - contrast bumped and resized images sharpened):

crop:

Current state of play: the tamron made soligor is edging it, slightly better resolution IMO but most specifically because of it's much superior close focus: 3.5mm approx vs 6.6m measured mfd. However I did manage to reduce that to ~4m by unscrewing the stop screw on the focus sleeve on the Cunor.

Last edited by marcusBMG; 05-21-2018 at 03:04 PM.

r0ckstarr · 05-21-2018, 03:17 PM - **9 Likes**

A reminder to watch where you step while looking up in the trees for birds. I scanned the ground, took a step forward, and this water moccasin (venomous) slithered out from under my next foot step. It was so well camouflaged with the leaves that I almost overlooked it. I'd like to say that I am pretty good at spotting snakes, but I completely missed this one. I froze in place and my foot hovered over it as it moved out of the way. A close call, an eye-opener, and a first for me. I spent the rest of the trail looking for snakes.

K3 / 150-450 at 450mm.

Yesterday at the duck pond, I caught a lady hand feeding a Nutria Rat. I talked to her, and she said that she feeds him every day and that he likes salads, but today he got a treat of bread.
K3 / 150-450 at 330mm.

A cormorant making a splash in Galveston, Tx.
K3 / 150-450 at 310mm

r0ckstarr · 05-21-2018, 03:29 PM

Originally posted by zzeitg

DFA 150-450

So you got the 150-450? How do you like it so far?

noelpolar · 05-22-2018, 12:25 AM - **10 Likes**

Got a shot of a Kingfisher feeding on some fish today. The DFA 150-450 seals held up..... amazingly strong glass used on the water tower.

Ducatigaz · 05-22-2018, 02:21 AM - **7 Likes**

A few Linnets taken from the drivers seat of a car with my K-3ii/FA*600mm F4 ED [IF]/Eckla window mount.

robtcorl · 05-22-2018, 07:18 AM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by Canada_Rockies

My wife put her hat on me as a hat stand (sometimes I'm useful). and I did what I would have done with the DA 12-24. I just held the camera out and went CLICK. It didn't autofocus! what's wrong with my camera?

I'm thinking we might prefer the blur.

**Canada_Rockies** · 05-22-2018, 07:44 AM - **2 Likes**

Originally posted by robtcorl

I'm thinking we might prefer the blur.

If you saw my nose in focus, you would SURELY prefer the blur.

str8talk83 · 05-22-2018, 01:28 PM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by Ducatigaz

A few Linnets taken from the drivers seat of a car with my K-3ii/FA*600mm F4 ED [IF]/Eckla window mount.

Excellent detail. That 600 is nice...

**dadipentak** · 05-22-2018, 02:16 PM - **6 Likes**

F*600/4 & Tamron 1.4x on K-3: Held up pretty well to some severe cropping.

**aslyfox** · 05-22-2018, 03:48 PM - **3 Likes**

coyote passing through the sage in Yellowstone

gifthorse · 05-22-2018, 04:16 PM - **16 Likes**

Yellow headed blackbird

American coot. These critters are so ugly, they're cute.

Sigma 150-500 on a K5ii

**aslyfox** · 05-22-2018, 05:55 PM - **3 Likes**

Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus - the tiercel ( male )

high above on rock spire over looking the Yellowstone River

and its mate on the egg filled nest far below

05-21-2018, 12:54 PM - 2 Likes	#28489
marcusBMG Site Supporter Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: North Wales Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 2,869	Cunor 350mm review I picked up this classic old preset telephoto lens to check out. It looks like a classic 4 elements in 3 groups "wundertute" type. Mine is branded Cunor but it is most commonly found as a soligor. There has been an ongoing debate on mflenses.com as to who made this and other similar lenses. The soligors have a H6xxx serial, as does this cunor, coincidentally or not, H6's have been attributed to Kino. However I am going to place a flag and say this is a tokina, and the kino attribution to H6xxx serials is wrong. Even though I haven't been able to find any evidence of one branded as a tokina (or tokyo koki) online, for me the "faux" 47mm thread t-mount that this lens has is distinctively, and definitively, tokina. I took along my soligor (tamron) 350mm f5.6 for comparison, that's a lens I rate. Some test pics of the musselmens raft were inconclusive due to inconsistencies, suffice to say results were similar. And both lenses took similar pics of the jackdaws and gulls on Conwy quayside (cunor top, NX20, f11 same pp - contrast bumped and resized images sharpened): crop: crop: Current state of play: the tamron made soligor is edging it, slightly better resolution IMO but most specifically because of it's much superior close focus: 3.5mm approx vs 6.6m measured mfd. However I did manage to reduce that to ~4m by unscrewing the stop screw on the focus sleeve on the Cunor. Last edited by marcusBMG; 05-21-2018 at 03:04 PM.

05-21-2018, 03:17 PM - 9 Likes	#28490
r0ckstarr Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Texas Photos: Gallery Posts: 3,507	A reminder to watch where you step while looking up in the trees for birds. I scanned the ground, took a step forward, and this water moccasin (venomous) slithered out from under my next foot step. It was so well camouflaged with the leaves that I almost overlooked it. I'd like to say that I am pretty good at spotting snakes, but I completely missed this one. I froze in place and my foot hovered over it as it moved out of the way. A close call, an eye-opener, and a first for me. I spent the rest of the trail looking for snakes. K3 / 150-450 at 450mm. Yesterday at the duck pond, I caught a lady hand feeding a Nutria Rat. I talked to her, and she said that she feeds him every day and that he likes salads, but today he got a treat of bread. K3 / 150-450 at 330mm. A cormorant making a splash in Galveston, Tx. K3 / 150-450 at 310mm Last edited by r0ckstarr; 05-21-2018 at 03:23 PM.

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05-21-2018, 06:26 AM - 11 Likes	#28486
jacamar Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Toronto Photos: Albums Posts: 3,443	Marsh Wren True confession - I still had the shutter speed set 1/160 sec from some previous shots. After a few seconds I glanced at the settings and changed them, but of course the bird was gone. Hand held, not brilliant, but better than I deserve.

05-21-2018, 11:51 AM - 9 Likes	#28488
zzeitg Pentaxian Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: South Bohemia Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 4,017	DFA 150-450

05-21-2018, 03:29 PM	#28491
r0ckstarr Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Texas Photos: Gallery Posts: 3,507	Originally posted by zzeitg DFA 150-450 So you got the 150-450? How do you like it so far?

05-22-2018, 12:25 AM - 10 Likes	#28492
noelpolar Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Goolwa, SA Photos: Gallery Posts: 4,310	Got a shot of a Kingfisher feeding on some fish today. The DFA 150-450 seals held up..... amazingly strong glass used on the water tower.

05-22-2018, 02:21 AM - 7 Likes	#28493
Ducatigaz Pentaxian Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Blunsdon,Wiltshire, UK Posts: 1,504	A few Linnets taken from the drivers seat of a car with my K-3ii/FA*600mm F4 ED [IF]/Eckla window mount.

05-22-2018, 07:18 AM - 1 Like	#28494
robtcorl Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: St Louis, MO Photos: Gallery Posts: 11,606	Originally posted by Canada_Rockies My wife put her hat on me as a hat stand (sometimes I'm useful). and I did what I would have done with the DA 12-24. I just held the camera out and went CLICK. It didn't autofocus! what's wrong with my camera? I'm thinking we might prefer the blur.

05-22-2018, 07:44 AM - 2 Likes	#28495
Canada_Rockies Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Sparwood, BC, Canada Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 12,385	Originally posted by robtcorl I'm thinking we might prefer the blur. If you saw my nose in focus, you would SURELY prefer the blur.

05-22-2018, 01:28 PM - 1 Like	#28496
str8talk83 Veteran Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Bluffton, SC Photos: Albums Posts: 674	Originally posted by Ducatigaz A few Linnets taken from the drivers seat of a car with my K-3ii/FA*600mm F4 ED [IF]/Eckla window mount. Excellent detail. That 600 is nice...

05-22-2018, 02:16 PM - 6 Likes	#28497
dadipentak Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Baltimore, Maryland Photos: Gallery Posts: 11,590	F*600/4 & Tamron 1.4x on K-3: Held up pretty well to some severe cropping.

05-22-2018, 04:16 PM - 16 Likes	#28499
gifthorse Pentaxian Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Nevada Photos: Gallery Posts: 2,945	Yellow headed blackbird American coot. These critters are so ugly, they're cute. Sigma 150-500 on a K5ii