thanks for your inputs Stan. i could always use a longer focal length. as to buying it, sure, as soon as the universe conspires to make the right conditions...
On Fri, 18 May 2018 20:20:38 -0400 Stanley Halpin <[email protected]> wrote: > If you need it, buy it. > > I bought a used FA* 400, took it to Alaska and got some nice shots of > bears etc. When I got back home, I sold it and bought a used FA* 300. > Both are fine lenses, but for me (even on the K-1) the 400 is just > too long. On an APS-C body, it is way too long! Again, for me, it is > not usable without a tripod, and it has too narrow a field of view > for what I am likely to shoot. If/when I go back to Alaska I may buy > or rent a 400mm for the trip but I can’t see keeping one on the shelf > in my closet. > > I keep hoping that Ricoh will release a 1.4x teleconverter for the > K-1 bodies, and that would allow me to have both! > > stan > > > On May 18, 2018, at 10:09 AM, Subash Jeyan <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > i recently used for 4 days the FA* 300/4.5 of a friend and liked it > > quite a bit. i've been looking at buying (may be, perhaps) the FA* > > 400 and would love to hear perspectives/opinions of those who have > > used it: the IQ, how it handles, etc... > > > > the only source for them is of course Ebay, mostly from > > Korean/Japanese sellers. i am a little wary of buying the DA* 300 > > because of the SDM problems... > > > > i can buy the DFA 150-450 but it is prohibitively expensive here. > > for the price, i can buy a nikon d7200 and the nikkor > > 200-500/5.6...., which is another option... -- 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.
