On Jun 29, 2005, at 10:45 AM, Joaquim Carvalho wrote:
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?
I don't know whether I'd call the A70-210/4 Macro particularly
portable in size and weight ... it's a big, heavy lens for me ... But
you're reminding me that I promised the owner of the FA80-320 that I
have on loan that I'd run a few exposure tests with the 70-210,
80-320 and 100-300.
Time to drag out the tripod again. :-)
Godfrey
