Shim
I wish these were in my backgarden , but nope, they were taken at a nature reserve, just came back from there. Uplpoading a couple more, I just cant manage to get the best out of photoshop, but I will still try. I think these is the fist batch I feel I have managed to just about get the idea of settings including the shutter speed that I have been playing around with. I still feel I could have done better, and just like you said, it will take some time to get that long ends of the lens working properly. But I feel I am on the right path now , and I really love the adapter.
The next one was without the adapter as I was in one of the hides.
The main problem I find are the little branches in between, the focusing on the DA*300 is so pinsharped that any little branch across the subject it just ruins it.

Hi everyone
Was eager to give a test to my lovely shiny 1.7 TC with the DA*300 that soon I got it went looking for birds . I personally think this is a stunning adapter, so here goes the first sample.
Thanks Shim, it was just as you described, lovely and mint, and handles exceptionally well. Love it on my DA*300
Amin

I am pretty lousy at PP so if anyone wants to have a go at it I have uploaded the file as it came out from the camera. Someone might be able to do a better job than me, specially at cropping, Stefan can I tempt you to have a go at it?

Thanks Tel, and it was a pleasure hearing from you.
Below 5 links that you can pick and choose the one that will work out best.
I wil have a go at it also, seems that the 6943 came out better.
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Stefan,

Half of the fun for me is the finger releasing the shutter, that characteristic feel, the ability to release the shutter at a push of the button, the clicking sound, the unmistakable sensation of the finger initiating the capturing process of the moment
I dont think blinking my eye and capturing the moment would give me the same feel, so... as Tel said, too old to use the finger then the fun would have dissipated for me. ha

Gosh, I already am old, feel old so this means I won't be able to hold one when they come out in camera bodies, that's what you mean, right Tel?

I am not sure if this has already been mentioned on any of the threads, but just in case some of you haven't seen it here it goes link

Is this what is going to revolutionise the whole photography world and we will be stepping into a new era when this is incorporated into the cameras?
I am definitely looking forward and suddenly my just 3 months old K20D has "obsolete" written all over it

Shim,
from what you have described the condition of the TC being mint and excellent, there is very little chance it will see the light of ebay at least for a good few months, even then I doubt very much, I like the possibility of having extra length without necessarily carrying heavy load . So DA*300 it is and the pentax 1.7TC are going to residing in my mini arsenal for long time coming

Thanks for all your help.

Mike, happy hunting, the search goes on for you huh? I know you have been after one of these for a while. I was just lucky, a very kind forum member who usually entertains us with superb bird shots with his DA*300 and a recently purchased similar TC here was the one who recommended me to put up a message and here came Shim out of nowhere with the goods . Any guess who this forum member is?, can't be that hard, he is the one swamped with goldfinches in his backgarden and probably the reason why me and Scott dont get any in ours

Shim
you got PM

I bought the tamrac expedition 6X. Quite happy with the layout and the size. My only pick on it is just the weight. But this is just my very personal opinion. Other than that this is an extremely good bag.
Until I find something as good as this in all other ways but slightly lighter this is definitely one to keep.

Choosing a bag is such a pain, gosh, I never thought it was so complicated . At one time I had Lowepro, kata and Tamrac websites open and going through bags (backpack) individually and I got so frustrated I just packed it up. Even after narrowing them down to my requirements which were: Backpack, being able to take body with DA*300 attached, space for extra few lenses, and a very slim laptop, a Vaio 11", still I just couldn't hit the right one.

I am almost close to deciding to end up with two bags, this Tamrac expedition 6X and get one from lowepro, one of the very small light weighted backpack the flipside 300 that will just take basically only the body with the long lens attached and just couple more lenses, they are just slightly over 1 kilo in weight.
When I go into the woods I want to be able to just carry the body with the long 300mm attached and probably just the macro and the TC. The benefit of this is I can strap a tripod along the back.
I wonder if the smaller version, the flipside 200 would also take the 300mm attached to the body. It would be great if did as seems SRS has it. Lowepro describes it as being able to take 80-200 f/2.8 attached to it plus couple more lenses, this bag would be a merely 1kg in weight. Excellent to carry on my back .
But Ideally I would just love to have one bag only, slightly lighter than this tamrac expedition 6X which weighs 5lb and it would just be ideal

If I do go down this route then I will have the Kata 3N1-20 to get rid of and will be selling it off.

Amin

Mike,
that's really making us more

Mike, I thought you had a Tamron TC which works wonderfully well with SDM. . Have you been using it or you have gotten rid of it?

Amin