Cheap maybe, but great quality. I had one of those which I used with the A2X-L and I loved it. Difficult to keep steady of course, but the results were good.
Here's an oldie, shot handheld through a windscreen. Doesn't show off the quality of the glass, but I quite like the picture. http://www.web-options.com/Impala.jpg -- Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 26 October 2007 15:39 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Halloween and the Curse of Cheap Glass > > The Halloween precursor full moon crept in last night, and I > celebrated with a wee bit of scotch. So I had to try to see > if I could get a decent pic with my bargain big glass: the > A400/5.6 plus the A2X-S converter. There was some water vapor > in the air, so I think I can top this on a perfect night. But > this shot is better than the moon I sold through the stock > house a couple years ago. Not as good, of course, as the one > Ken shot with his gimble mount and FA 600/4. But it comes at > less than a tenth of the price. By the way, after shooting, I > did a bit of barking and danced naked in the backyard. The > neighbors appreciated that. Anyway, here's the moon: > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6569744&size=lg > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly > above and follow the directions. > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
