Great use of the lens John.

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Great images Vic. Well photographed.

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Hi Peter, one of our members of wildlife and recent Whitby Goth fame has tried the lens on a D500 and was non too happy. Maybe a second copy has proven better, I don't know. Friends I shot with in Australia were also not enthusiastic with the lens. I have considered it my self but gave it a pass.

My OP was not taking into account Mike does cover air shows where a zoom is much more desirable.

I'll be at the Free Flight Nationals at the end of May where I'll meet up with a good mate, Alex Whitaker who shoots professionally for Yachting magazines and RCM&E magazine. His weapons of choice are a DX1 MkII and a 100-400 MkII. I very rarely see him change lenses unless he's doing inside shots etc. All outdoor shots are with the above lens and a 1.4TC if needed.

I'm not pushing other brands here, rather than the situation of having kit that does just what is expected of it and lets you concentrate on shooting without consideration for minor issues of sharpness or focus speed etc.

I'm sure Mike will get sorted with kit that he has given much consideration to and proceeds to get a feel for it, both in evaluation and produced results.

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Used the K-1 today and on copying the files from the cards to hard drive noticed they were both Sandisk Extreme 64Gb 90Mb. I thought I only had 32Gb cards. Must be old age kicking in.

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Just back from here: link

Epic evening!

Off to Doncaster tomorrow to the National Model Engineering Show link

then.. to a local car show on Sunday at Hurworth on Tees.

Really! Work on Monday?

With all respect Mike, don't consider the 200-500mm.

I'd look at a Sigma 500mm on a K5 IIs first. The lens will shift to another Pentax user if you go to a D500 and even then, I'd get another Sigma 500mm for the Nikon over the 200-500mm

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I run with 32Gb Sandisk Extreme cards rated at 60MB/S which is better than the cameras can run at. So far so good. Not sure on current prices but there's plenty of other good brand cards out there.

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Still in K's on the original clocks Don. West Oz was hard yards to find good motorcycle roads unless I rode up to Toodyay area and back via York & Beverley etc.

I use a GoPro as well on the bike. Some classic footage at times.

Are you motorcycling over on your side?

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Went through Richmond and on to Reeth for lunch, then up to the Tan Hill Inn and across to Barnard Castle. A great day for a ride. Again with the Q.

At Reeth







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Lovely colours in there Gareth and you've done the scenery proud. Well photographed.

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