You're recollection is correct. My shot with a 400 and 2X on the K10D is cropped to about 2/3 of the frame. I believe the nice moon pic Ken showed here was with a 2X and the 600/4. Paul -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: John Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Based on my (possibly faulty) recollection of my attempts - a > 600 and a 2x is just about perfect for a 1.5x crop moon shot; > you'd really want a little more for film. Stacking a 2x and a > 1.4x would probably be about right, although that might add too > much optical softness (as well as increasing the exposure time). > > To my eyes it looks as though the bear shot is focussed on the > dandelions in front of the bears; the animals themselves look > a little soft (photographically, not physically!). > > > On Fri, Oct 26, 2007 at 06:24:56PM +0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Excellent. Hope there was a fence between you and that critter. > > With film, you're still a little short for moon shots with the 400 and a 2X > converter. You'd have a pretty heavy crop. A 600 and a 2X would get you in > the > ballpark. > > Paul > > -------------- Original message ---------------------- > > From: Cory Papenfuss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > On Fri, 26 Oct 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > > > Thanks Dave. I had the K at one time as well. It was quite good but > > > > wouldn't focus close enough to shoot birds. When the D came out, I > > > > figured I should sell it and buy an A. That gave me both much closer > > > > focus and full auto metering. I think I sold the K for $300 and bought > > > > the A for $400. Not a bad exchange. Paul -------------- Original > > > > message > > > > ---------------------- > > > > > > A good lens for the money, to be sure. I've got a Takumar version > > > of it that pulled this off last summer: > > > > > > http://filebox.ece.vt.edu/~papenfuss/imgp7713.jpg > > > > > > I'd like to get a decent doubler to do another moonshot. > > > > > > -Cory > > > > > > -- > > > > > > ************************************************************************* > > > * Cory Papenfuss, Ph.D., PPSEL-IA * > > > * Electrical Engineering * > > > * Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University * > > > ************************************************************************* > > > > > > > > > -- > > > 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. > > -- > 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.
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