On Wed, 2005-06-29 at 14:55, Mark Roberts wrote: > Tim Øsleby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >Thank you Mark, You are a prim(e)rose :-) > >Have thanked you off list, but want to express my gratitude public too. > > > >I am impressed. Impressed by two things. First the thing that you have made > >time to test out this combination, for me a new member of the list. A > >troublesome member too ;-) > > Hey, it wasn't entirely altruistic; I was interested in seeing what this > combination could do myself! Even though I own both items (the Vivitar > S1 70-210 and the Pentax 1.7x AF TC) I'd never thought how useful they > could be together. I found the results pretty exciting. Consider an > ist-D or ist-Ds along with this teleconverter and lens and you have a > pretty potent package in a very portable size/weight.
I wonder how the Pentax-A 70-210 F4.0 would. I've been wanting to buy an S1 for some time so I can compare them but they always sell on Ebay for a lot more than I am prepared to pay for a non Pentax lens. Is the Vivitar better than the Pentax?
