This one off a D2x with a 70-200 and Ok a 1.4x Convertor but you get what I mean


The quality stood up quite well...

I'd ideally like to stay within Camp so to speak as when I used Nikon I had nothing but trouble with third party lenses! (Not saying the same would be true again) Nothing wrong with those shots though Mike
Weight is now the bigger concern, with my bad back and arthritis I simply cannot handle heavy Lenses in the same way I used to, despite still being able to bench 300Lb's on a good day I can't hold a bit of glass steady anymore
So the Pentaxes seem a better option?

P.S: I will not be buying for a while but also I'm not waiting around so long for Pentax to re-do the 400mm F5.6 either
Not interested in Bigma's Sigmonsters or whatever either, I've gone that route before and once bitten twice shy I'm afraid...

More questions I'm afraid but they keep on cropping up in my head!
I will eventually need a longer Lens than my DA* 200mm, This will be used for Wildlife though probably not Birding and the odd Airshow.Principally for these purposes with the 1.7 AFA, Not BIF and most likely no head on Airshow action.
Now I used to own the much vaunted Nikon 200-400mm and 300mm F2.8 VR Lenses for Airshow Photography but as all that has now past under the Bridge (Sigh...) I was wondering how the quality wide open at 250mm compared with the Prime 300?
250x1.7x1.52= 646mm Equivilant field of view
300x1.7x1.52= 775mm Equivilant field of view
646mm will be long enough if the quality in the centre is still good at say F8, for Airshows the edges don't matter a jot really, most of background dissappears in heat haze anyway.
Considered thoughts please especially from those of you lucky enough to own both...




Nikon D2x with Nikon 200-400AFSVR...

Just this one left now, 52MM, £9 anywhere in the UK...

Though I might Swap for a 70 and some cash...............................
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PCS and Blincodave, your new playthings are on their way:arrow:

Just a very small one next to F22 on the D.O.F. Scale, it Hasn't gone thru the Paint it just looks a bit shinier there and I can't make it show up in a picture so it's very very minor.
It's a Japanese one
I spent a long time deciding whether to go for the 77 or the 70mm but I think in the end the 55mm is the Dark Horse coming up on the rails at the end of the race from nowhere...

Ha Ha I knew the answer to that one! Actually I'm trying to stay away from zooms because they always make me too lazy! I seem to put a Wide-Short Tele on a body and never take it off even when the shot demands it. Using Primes since coming back to Pentax is helping me with my discipline a bit but I have to say I do like the 50-135 a lot.
Mike have you got a 55mm? (Can't believe he hasn't got a 77 as well mind:wink PM me if you want to swap...

Or for a 50-135 F2.8 Beginner he he he:arrow: