AFRAID TO SAY IT!

I think you must be earning too much money John Most of us would find the cost of the 560mm anything but reasonable!

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David

The prices of equivalent lenses from other marques are much more expensive?

I won't be affording a 560mm any time soon, that's absolutely certain. After a lottery win, maybe.

Looking at a couple of quick comparisons, and depending on what you choose an an equivalent, other marques are pitched from around £6199 to £10,595. Those are established prices, so I guess the 560mm will fall in price yet.

Academic if we only use use Pentax of course.

I started replying to this thread but it became a rantfest...but to summarise:

Make sure your technique is absolutely nailed before worrying about your gear (unless your bank balance is such that it doesn't matter).

id like to think I'm getting the best out of my kx. photos on my Flickr will show that to be the case. People with better gear are amazed at the output. auto focus is an issue for birds in flight but sometimes it comes off. If i was to buy the da300 would cropping still yield good results? can someone with the lens comment on that?

Update

Was messing around with a 7D and I cant stand it!!!!

The image quality of the K-x is BETTER at 1600ISO (comparing)

WOW

Told you so.... lol. Seen my SEO with the k5 at ISO 8,000?

QUITE!


Roger.

I understand what you are getting at, but I don't agree.


Given I think my technique could always be improved ( hand's up anyone who thinks they have perfected their photogrpahy? ) , I'd hate to spend the rest of of my life just using the kit lens

I think ( funds allowing ) that buying different lenses and accessories can help develop one's technique.

And if you pimp yo-self and you can buy that K5 IIs as well as the tele-converter.

Surely you cant be serious about jumping ship now after all the good advice the people have been giving you. Or do you need some more male bonding. That shot did make me laugh, well caught.

It's well known that Canon crop bodies are behind the other makes when it comes to ISO performance (never thought I would say that actually) as they make their own sensors unlike Pentax and Nikon who use Sony's.

Of course there are those that subscribe to the thought that a grainy high ISO shot of a subject in focus is better than a clean high ISO shot of nothing at all (because it's already gone past by the time the camera attempts to lock on) .

Anyway, not much good if you don't like handling the thing .... I felt quite at home with the 7D as soon as I picked it up but I still prefer my K-5II.

After taking the Pentax out for a while I can confirm the AF on the MKII is no faster than the MKI though.

I have the DA*300 and AF-S Nikkor 300 - yes one is faster focussing but the other is sharper...

guess which ones which

Glad folk on here say the Kenko 1.5 works with the 150-500 Sigma...

It does but I wouldn't bother though.

While the big Sigmas are very good for the money they aren't good enough to take a teleconverter. You are better off cropping.

My 50-500mm is off back to Sigma via SRS today, just refuses to focus on anything now

Have to say, very impressed with how it has been handled by SRS so far.

for the speed link

Good to see he has a current lens on the front. He should have used the 50-135mm.

Best regards