K1- Sigma 85mm F1.4 - 100 ISO - 1/100 sec Natural light

Excellent set Mike, the Grey Heron and the Red Start are the pick of the set for me, an excellent lens shown to its max

Playing with reflections again.

Both at 1/5 sec F9 100 ISO - both needed a tog to stand in the light to avoid clipping the highlights

A quick google found this

Chris

Ah.... LBA never leaves you John, just gets put on the back burner occasionally

I was close to selling the 150 - 450 but since lockdown one I've got to grips with it and the combo can produce some reasonabe images now, , the K3iii has helped.with BIF and IIF ( insects in flight ) certainly.

Sold subject to payment

For sale is my Sigma 100-300mm f/4 APO EX IF lens

Clean unmarked glass, smooth operation throughout, Excellent sharp sample, Comes boxed complete with original hood, caps and tripod collar and un-used case and strap plus a 82mm Skylight filter that's been on since new

It is sharp, It is fast focusing, It has a constant f/4 aperture, It is a solid, well-built heavy lens. (hence the postage being a little high)

i) These EX series lenses tend to be prone to paint peel off the barrel around the tripod mount foot and this one is no exception, shown in the images.

I'm asking a very reasonable £325 + RMSD mainland UK £15 - unmarked versions are a lot more so not much wiggle room even for PU members, collection available and possibly delivery depending on your location.
















Then some images shot with this lens on various Pentax camera's from a K5ii to a K1 ( it doesn't put a scratch under the prism on a K1 either )

Option 4 is you've a good reason according to Mike-P to purchase a K1 LOL

You'd be better off contacting the manufacturer and asking them the question.

The only shot where the camera played an extra part was the shot of the frog, due to the 1.5x crop factor, just a minimal crop to remove some rubbish in the ditch, otherwise SOOC, shot at max length of the lens @ 450mm effective 675mm

I've got a similar frog shot from LY on the K1 but had to crop a tad more, or get my feet / legs wet and its a not very nice looking ditch to be in imho, ok for frogs thou !!

All the rest on this thread could have been shot with any pentax camera + the 150 - 450, whereas the Common Hawker thread, the burst rate of the K3iii along with the improved autofocus helped achieve the dragonfly in flight