pentax da*300 f4
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Posted 16/02/2023 - 15:33
The 300 works well with the K-1. I tried it with the 1.7x but could not get away with the manual pre focusing when trying for small birds. The 300 and 1.4x is a brilliant combination for the crop bodies
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Last Edited by bforbes on 16/02/2023 - 15:34
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Posted 17/02/2023 - 00:30
I cursed it for a long time and thought I had a lemon. Then I remembered that I'd put a slim skylight filter on it to protect the front element (which IS perilously close to the front). Now that I remove it prior to use it has proved to be an excellent lens. Bokeh isn't always something to write home about - it can be quite scrappy with, for example, an out of focus twig presenting an unsightly juddering blur but, if you set it up right, it provides bubble bokeh to rival a Trioplan. I don't use it very often. If I were a birder then maybe I might, just for its sharpness.
Overall, I still grab an old, screw-drive FA* 300 for preference and at the back of my mind I still think I could have spent the considerable cost on something else. It is pristine, near mint, with pouch and box but I doubt if I would get £400 for it. So think carefully what you are going to use it for, consider the price and then look at the alternatives - i.e. its F* and FA* predecessors. So they are old and they are used? .... So is mine !
Both the *istDS and the K5 are incurably addicted to old glass
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Overall, I still grab an old, screw-drive FA* 300 for preference and at the back of my mind I still think I could have spent the considerable cost on something else. It is pristine, near mint, with pouch and box but I doubt if I would get £400 for it. So think carefully what you are going to use it for, consider the price and then look at the alternatives - i.e. its F* and FA* predecessors. So they are old and they are used? .... So is mine !
Both the *istDS and the K5 are incurably addicted to old glass
My page on Photocrowd - link
Last Edited by davidwozhere on 17/02/2023 - 00:32
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Posted 17/02/2023 - 17:27
Thanks for all the coments now trying out a sigma 100-300 f4
k1 k5iis superA
8mm fisheye pentax da 12-24 sigma 15mm tamron 17-50 tokina 20-35 pentax fa 24-90 tokina 28-70 atx pro
Pentax A 135 sigma ex dg 100-300 f4 pentax fa 50 1;1;7 pentax A 501;1;4 pentax A200f4 sigma 70-200 apo ex 2.8 sigma af 400mm pentax 1.7 af adapter
Pentax af aw 1.4 rear converter and a flash
k1 k5iis superA
8mm fisheye pentax da 12-24 sigma 15mm tamron 17-50 tokina 20-35 pentax fa 24-90 tokina 28-70 atx pro
Pentax A 135 sigma ex dg 100-300 f4 pentax fa 50 1;1;7 pentax A 501;1;4 pentax A200f4 sigma 70-200 apo ex 2.8 sigma af 400mm pentax 1.7 af adapter
Pentax af aw 1.4 rear converter and a flash
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Posted 26/02/2023 - 15:52
after a good try out have bought a sigma 100-300 apo dg
thanks for all the help
k1 k5iis superA
8mm fisheye pentax da 12-24 sigma 15mm tamron 17-50 tokina 20-35 pentax fa 24-90 tokina 28-70 atx pro
Pentax A 135 sigma ex dg 100-300 f4 pentax fa 50 1;1;7 pentax A 501;1;4 pentax A200f4 sigma 70-200 apo ex 2.8 sigma af 400mm pentax 1.7 af adapter
Pentax af aw 1.4 rear converter and a flash
thanks for all the help
k1 k5iis superA
8mm fisheye pentax da 12-24 sigma 15mm tamron 17-50 tokina 20-35 pentax fa 24-90 tokina 28-70 atx pro
Pentax A 135 sigma ex dg 100-300 f4 pentax fa 50 1;1;7 pentax A 501;1;4 pentax A200f4 sigma 70-200 apo ex 2.8 sigma af 400mm pentax 1.7 af adapter
Pentax af aw 1.4 rear converter and a flash
Last Edited by reso on 26/02/2023 - 15:53
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and if ok has anybody tryed the lens with a 1.7 af adapter
and if so where the results ok
k1 k5iis superA
8mm fisheye pentax da 12-24 sigma 15mm tamron 17-50 tokina 20-35 pentax fa 24-90 tokina 28-70 atx pro
Pentax A 135 sigma ex dg 100-300 f4 pentax fa 50 1;1;7 pentax A 501;1;4 pentax A200f4 sigma 70-200 apo ex 2.8 sigma af 400mm pentax 1.7 af adapter
Pentax af aw 1.4 rear converter and a flash