But only if the camera has the contacts - which means Program/Super-A/A3 onwards.....

My FA 77 and D-FA 100 were bought in Japan...I really had to stop myself going mental in the shops as they are wonderful..

Fujiya Camera in Nakano, a Tokyo district, is where I got my 77, and had a great choice of used gear.....

Chris,

On the rental front are you just limiting yourself to the 300 as the longest focal length available? Or when the first DA 560 comes in will that be a rental option? Certainly if that option was open to me I will definitely make use of the facility. It would spare me the pain of going to Fixations in town for the Nikkor glass.

Or how about when one of the more exotic longer length FA* or Sigma EX lenses come in - rental again?

Cheers

Peter

How is the original post 'helpful'? I thought only OPs can mark a post as helpful and certainly not their own?

Lens SOLD to a fellow welshman. Thanks

PM received and replied.

Offer wasn't silly

Welcome Nick,

I'm just down the A205, the other end of Kew Gardens....

Like the concept of 52 cameras, sounds like great fun. I like Asahi Photo too, and it's a great shop.

regards

Peter

Bump.

Offers considered, silly offers will be rejected

Ah yes, light.....

One thing I found out that lighting ranges from harsh bright light to a dull light, which means it's bright but the shutter speeds drop quite alarmingly....not a major problem with the K-r or K-5 as I told a guy in a monkey park in Plettenberg Bay his K-r could handle higher ISOs... so K-r plus 55-300 is a very good combination

South African safari?

I've done Kenya, Namibia and South Africa and 300mm is the MINIMUM, trust me the animals are FAR AWAY

Last year I had the D3 with 300 and 1.7 (effectively the same as a 300 on a K-5) - still some cropping was needed. This year it was the turn of the K-5 and 60-250 for the whales and birds, Mike's old Kenko TC was pressed into action. So my message focus on the best quality at fullest extent - the DA55-300 or DA*60-250/300 offer supreme quality.