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Comment by AndrewH posted on Pentax HD-DA AF Rear Converter 1.4X AW at 21/07/2018 - 22:03

Thanks! I learned a whole back that sometimes it's about being in the right place at the right time.. Sitting at home looking at the camera bag is *never* the right place! 😁😁 I wasn't expecting the hare, but he appeared and struck a lovely upright pose for me, then lolloped back into the hedgerow. Lucky me!

Comment by AndrewH posted on Country Walk with DA*300 at 12/07/2018 - 15:54

Thank you for your further kind comments. I have some manual tubes which I assume will just leave the lens wide open as they can't control aperture automatically... I'll have a play with those too & see what happens! A lot of these were focused manually anyway to stop any unnecessary hunting at crucial moments! Thank for the tip, Mike!

Comment by AndrewH posted on Country Walk with DA*300 at 11/07/2018 - 14:52

Tyr wrote:
It is a great lens. The only thing I wish is that I had the 1.4x teleconverter to use with it. Sometimes the field of view/reach isn't quite enough.

That's next on my list once I've saved enough after this major spend!

Comment by AndrewH posted on Country Walk with DA*300 at 10/07/2018 - 15:21

Thank you for all your kind comments - I don't honestly think that I will ever sell this lens either. It makes me want to go out and take photos in a way that very few lenses in the past have!

redbusa99 wrote:
all very good but must say the Hare stands out as the best for me. a lens i think i want when i see images like this just not sure that it would get the use to justify the cost

I had to think long and hard about buying this lens - I 'almost' bought it on a number of occasions but for one reason and another never did. Yes, it was expensive, but I have to admit it's worth every penny. Having said that it suits the type of photography that I enjoy - I sold an ultra wide-angle, the two DA plastic fantastic primes and a 50-200WR to help meet the costs of this so was very apprehensive at such a reduction in my lens bag. Do I miss them? Not with the DA*300 as part of my kit!

Comment by AndrewH posted on Country Walk with DA*300 at 08/07/2018 - 21:13

I finally treated myself to the DA*300 I promised myself when I got my K200D 9 years ago. It was one of the SRS 'refurbished' ones (indistinguishable from new) and I had to sell/trade in another 4 lenses that were not really getting used to be able to get my hands on it. I was really pleased with the results from the blue tit fledglings in the garden, but yesterday I went out for a 'proper' walk with it and my K5iiS - I'd hoped for lots of birds, but got more butterflies and insects. To say I am pleased with the results would be an understatement! This lens really does have something special about it & the pleasure it brings using it it priceless. Below are a few samples (I also used the D-FA 100 Macro WR for some very special pictures of a small tortoiseshell..) and there are plenty more in my Flickr album https://flic.kr/s/aHsmnTghv5