A question for Mike-P or any user of thePentax 60-250mm...
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Posted 19/02/2011 - 11:32
It performs much better (AF wise)on the K-7/K-5 than it did the K10D/K20D.
It's a superb lens and I love using it, the thing just screams quality to me every time I put it on the camera. Not tried the 1.7x on it as I will normally carry something longer at the same time.
I will however no doubt sell it (along with the Sigma 100-300mm f4 and Bigma) once the new Sigma 120-300mm f2.8 is released in Pentax mount.
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It's a superb lens and I love using it, the thing just screams quality to me every time I put it on the camera. Not tried the 1.7x on it as I will normally carry something longer at the same time.
I will however no doubt sell it (along with the Sigma 100-300mm f4 and Bigma) once the new Sigma 120-300mm f2.8 is released in Pentax mount.
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Posted 19/02/2011 - 11:40
Hmmm, when you do Mike can I have first bags on it???
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Posted 19/02/2011 - 18:39
Jules - find it a perfect foil for the DA*16-50 which is the lens that sits on my K7 most of the time.
It's a lovely lens - a definite must have.
Steve
In the Pack - Gripped K5 (SE),K7 & K20, Gripped MZ-S(SE)& MZ-S,DA10-17, DA12-24, DA14, DA*16-50, 50-135, 60-250 & 300mm; FA31mm/43mm/77mm Ltds; Sigma 8-16, 135-400 & 150-500
Half Backs: K10+BG,DA16-45, DA50-200
Backs: LXs,Super As and lots of A, M & K lenses
Impact Subs: 28mm Shift, K 135-600 (the Banahan of Pentax zooms), 400-600 Reflex
It's a lovely lens - a definite must have.
Steve
In the Pack - Gripped K5 (SE),K7 & K20, Gripped MZ-S(SE)& MZ-S,DA10-17, DA12-24, DA14, DA*16-50, 50-135, 60-250 & 300mm; FA31mm/43mm/77mm Ltds; Sigma 8-16, 135-400 & 150-500
Half Backs: K10+BG,DA16-45, DA50-200
Backs: LXs,Super As and lots of A, M & K lenses
Impact Subs: 28mm Shift, K 135-600 (the Banahan of Pentax zooms
), 400-600 Reflex
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Posted 20/02/2011 - 08:04
Steve you have so many Lenses, I am 
Quite a recommendation when you have all of that lot to choose from!
Many thanks...
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Quite a recommendation when you have all of that lot to choose from!
Many thanks...
Cheers Jules...
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Posted 20/02/2011 - 08:08
60-250 is a great lens, almost permanently attached to one of my bodies.
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Bodies: K20D (2), K10D, Super A, ME Super, Auto 110 SLR, X70, Optio P70
Pentax Glass: DA* 300, DA* 60-250, DA* 50-135, DA* 16-50, DA 70 Ltd, FA 31 Ltd, DA 35 Ltd, DA 18-55 (2), DA 12-24, DA 10-17, M 200, A 35-70, M 40, M 28, Converter-A 2X-S, 1.4X-S, AF 1.7, Pentax-110 50, Pentax-110 24
Other Glass: Sigma 105 macro, Sigma-A APO 75-300
Flash: Metz 58 AF-1 P, Pentax AF160FC ringflash, Pentax AF280T
Hyram
Bodies: K20D (2), K10D, Super A, ME Super, Auto 110 SLR, X70, Optio P70
Pentax Glass: DA* 300, DA* 60-250, DA* 50-135, DA* 16-50, DA 70 Ltd, FA 31 Ltd, DA 35 Ltd, DA 18-55 (2), DA 12-24, DA 10-17, M 200, A 35-70, M 40, M 28, Converter-A 2X-S, 1.4X-S, AF 1.7, Pentax-110 50, Pentax-110 24
Other Glass: Sigma 105 macro, Sigma-A APO 75-300
Flash: Metz 58 AF-1 P, Pentax AF160FC ringflash, Pentax AF280T
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Posted 20/02/2011 - 11:33
Jules - I suffer from advanced LBS - but when you travel abroad, you have to select the best range of lenses you can get away with - so my current travelling set normally comprises the DA*16-50 & 60-250, DA10-17 & 12-24, FA24-90 and Sigma 135-400 with the K7 and an MZ-S packed in a Lowepro Slingshot 200 with external LCs attached (which detach and fix to my waist if their is any hint of it being weighed at the check in 
).
Steve
In the Pack - Gripped K5 (SE),K7 & K20, Gripped MZ-S(SE)& MZ-S,DA10-17, DA12-24, DA14, DA*16-50, 50-135, 60-250 & 300mm; FA31mm/43mm/77mm Ltds; Sigma 8-16, 135-400 & 150-500
Half Backs: K10+BG,DA16-45, DA50-200
Backs: LXs,Super As and lots of A, M & K lenses
Impact Subs: 28mm Shift, K 135-600 (the Banahan of Pentax zooms), 400-600 Reflex
).Steve
In the Pack - Gripped K5 (SE),K7 & K20, Gripped MZ-S(SE)& MZ-S,DA10-17, DA12-24, DA14, DA*16-50, 50-135, 60-250 & 300mm; FA31mm/43mm/77mm Ltds; Sigma 8-16, 135-400 & 150-500
Half Backs: K10+BG,DA16-45, DA50-200
Backs: LXs,Super As and lots of A, M & K lenses
Impact Subs: 28mm Shift, K 135-600 (the Banahan of Pentax zooms
), 400-600 Reflex
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Posted 20/02/2011 - 14:39
Steve Chasey wrote:
so my current travelling set normally comprises the DA*16-50 & 60-250, DA10-17 & 12-24, FA24-90 and Sigma 135-400 with the K7 and an MZ-S packed in a Lowepro Slingshot 200 with external LCs attached (which detach and fix to my waist if their is any hint of it being weighed at the check in).
Steve
so my current travelling set normally comprises the DA*16-50 & 60-250, DA10-17 & 12-24, FA24-90 and Sigma 135-400 with the K7 and an MZ-S packed in a Lowepro Slingshot 200 with external LCs attached (which detach and fix to my waist if their is any hint of it being weighed at the check in
).Steve
Pah ... lightweight.
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Posted 20/02/2011 - 21:39
OK Mike - I wasn't being totally honest about my travel bag - that was the Egypt version - for the Greek island annual trip, add DA F 100 & FA31 & 43 Ltds .
If I sacrifice some more cloths this year, then the DA*300 gets to go - been trying to get a decent shot of a Scop's Owl that lives around the road down to Ftginia. B***** thing sees a longish lens on a camera, works out the range of it and fly's off just in time to sit on an inaccessible rock outcrop well out of range and has a good laugh at me
. That's if it can be bothered to show up 
.
Steve
In the Pack - Gripped K5 (SE),K7 & K20, Gripped MZ-S(SE)& MZ-S,DA10-17, DA12-24, DA14, DA*16-50, 50-135, 60-250 & 300mm; FA31mm/43mm/77mm Ltds; Sigma 8-16, 135-400 & 150-500
Half Backs: K10+BG,DA16-45, DA50-200
Backs: LXs,Super As and lots of A, M & K lenses
Impact Subs: 28mm Shift, K 135-600 (the Banahan of Pentax zooms), 400-600 Reflex
. If I sacrifice some more cloths this year, then the DA*300 gets to go - been trying to get a decent shot of a Scop's Owl that lives around the road down to Ftginia. B***** thing sees a longish lens on a camera, works out the range of it and fly's off just in time to sit on an inaccessible rock outcrop well out of range and has a good laugh at me
. That's if it can be bothered to show up .Steve
In the Pack - Gripped K5 (SE),K7 & K20, Gripped MZ-S(SE)& MZ-S,DA10-17, DA12-24, DA14, DA*16-50, 50-135, 60-250 & 300mm; FA31mm/43mm/77mm Ltds; Sigma 8-16, 135-400 & 150-500
Half Backs: K10+BG,DA16-45, DA50-200
Backs: LXs,Super As and lots of A, M & K lenses
Impact Subs: 28mm Shift, K 135-600 (the Banahan of Pentax zooms
), 400-600 Reflex
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Posted 02/04/2011 - 21:58
I take it that the AF of the 60-250 can keep up with the AF demands of the K-5?
I only ask, as I was at a bird of prey shoot today and in my bag was, and I quote 50-135mm Sigma 55-200mm F4-5.6 and Sigma 70-300mm F4-5.6
The 50-135 was great for still shots, but not long enough for the birds in flight.
The 70-300mm is not talking properly to any of my bodies. Pain the in posterior to be honest. Looks like it is a lens for the bin
So, I had one option and that was the 55-200mm. Very light but the K-5 overwhelms it. At times it was - press shutter and lens goes "oh yes shutter pressed I had better focus......." you can actually feel the lens adjust the AF AFTER the shutter pressed. And as for keeping up with the 7 FPS of the K-5 - it was FAR too slow.
So, can the 60-250 keep up with the K-5? How fast is the AF? is it faster than the 50-135? Does it compare favourably to those of the "others"?
The other option is the Sigma 70-200 F2.8 HSM. How good is this one?
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I only ask, as I was at a bird of prey shoot today and in my bag was, and I quote 50-135mm Sigma 55-200mm F4-5.6 and Sigma 70-300mm F4-5.6
The 50-135 was great for still shots, but not long enough for the birds in flight.
The 70-300mm is not talking properly to any of my bodies. Pain the in posterior to be honest. Looks like it is a lens for the bin
So, I had one option and that was the 55-200mm. Very light but the K-5 overwhelms it. At times it was - press shutter and lens goes "oh yes shutter pressed I had better focus......." you can actually feel the lens adjust the AF AFTER the shutter pressed. And as for keeping up with the 7 FPS of the K-5 - it was FAR too slow.
So, can the 60-250 keep up with the K-5? How fast is the AF? is it faster than the 50-135? Does it compare favourably to those of the "others"?
The other option is the Sigma 70-200 F2.8 HSM. How good is this one?
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Posted 02/04/2011 - 23:11
Tried a 60-250 recently and it's faster than the 50-135 about on a par with the 300mm I've just bought, can't be more subjective than that really though I'm afraid...
Cheers Jules...
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Cheers Jules...
My viewfinder is 576,000,000 pixels.
My other viewfinder is 5.76,000,000.
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Posted 03/04/2011 - 22:37
I find mine a very sharp and capable lens. The AF is positive and fast - what I like particularly is that the lens performs so well wide open that the only reason to stop down is for increased depth of field.
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Posted 04/04/2011 - 01:16
I just love my 60-250, will that do ?
All the best
David
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Thinking of parting with my 200mm F2.8 DA* and getting this one zoom instead. How does it perform? I hear it's terribly good. Has anyone tried it with the 1.7 AFA rear Adaptor?
Looking at this one and eventually the DA* 300 To round out my Kit...
Cheers Jules...
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