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Sigma APO 500mm F4.5
This is a very rare lens and I was lucky to find it some years ago on ebay. Problem was that I live in Germany and the seller was in Japan. But as I had only good experience with buying from japanese sellers I took the risk (and of course had to pay significant shipping and import costs).
The lens came in pristine condition and turned out to be a great performer.
Usually I am stopping down just a little to 5.0 or 5.6 and allways use the lens on a monopod. I don't recommend to shoot handheld. Not so much because of the weight (yes, it is heavy!) but because the camera lens combination is not well balanced and the focusing ring is located fairly close to the lens mount. This makes it quite difficult to support the lens and focus at the same time.
I was already very happy using the lens on APS-C (mainly on my K3) and I am even more satisfied using it with my K1.
The resolution for me is absolutely ok for a 36MP FF sensor and manual focussing using the K1 is much easier.
Here are 3 shots as examples. The first 2 shots with the K3 and the last example with the K1.
https://www.pentaxforums.com/gallery/images/15152/large/1_badende_Ente2.jpg
https://www.pentaxforums.com/gallery/images/15152/large/1_Rostgans.jpg
https://www.pentaxforums.com/gallery/images/15152/large/1_Waschbaer1.jpg
Edit: the pics look pretty soft here in the review. You might have to click twice to see them in higher resolution
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