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Try the moon Amin.
Taken a few minutes ago, hand held

Pentax K10D, F* 300mm f4.5 and Amins Pentax 1.7x TC.

Comment by Mike-P posted on Second batch of pics DA*300 with Tamron 1.4X TC at 04/04/2009 - 20:45

bretbysteve wrote:
...also, I have noticed many, many potential bidders on ebay from Italy, France & also the Eastern EU states..presumably they are having issues getting the items in their own countries, or the prices are higher?

UK Prices are now a lot cheaper for European buyers due to the plummiting Pound compared to the Euro and Dollar.
While I was living in Spain the last few months saw prices rise by as much as 30% to me as I still had my money in the UK and had to use the current exchange rate every time.

Comment by Mike-P posted on What is my da* 16-50 worth? at 04/04/2009 - 16:41

I go by Ebay prices not what I am prepared to pay as most people list there now so its a more reasonable guestimate..

Comment by Mike-P posted on What is my da* 16-50 worth? at 04/04/2009 - 16:38

mr.mellow wrote:

you can imagine the comments I get when I have to give my name anywhere.

I used to have a post office years ago and one of my customers was called Donald Dack ... I wonder what his parents were on when they named him.

Comment by Mike-P posted on Not so friendly at 04/04/2009 - 12:34

SRS are £475 so I would say close to £400 if you have the box etc.

Comment by Mike-P posted on What is my da* 16-50 worth? at 04/04/2009 - 12:32

I am wondering if we are getting a bit carried away here to be honest.
Posting such large images of crops can only show up softness to a greater degree. I had a couple of pics taken with Amins 1.7x so I processed one of them to check it out and if you look at it in a sensible size it looks fine.

But larger it looks soft

Comment by Mike-P posted on DA*300 with Tamron 1.4TC (courtesy of Mike-P) at 03/04/2009 - 23:19

Yes Amin, you need good light when using any TC which is why you should sometimes sacrifice noise for a faster shutter speed and worry about it in processing I think.
Anyway, I will have a go side by side later

Comment by Mike-P posted on DA*300 with Tamron 1.4TC (courtesy of Mike-P) at 03/04/2009 - 22:59

Stefan, I am not so much interested in the noise in the shots but as to why Amin is getting such average pictures with the Tamron TC and his DA* 300mm. He should be getting better than mine with the K20D overall.

Comment by Mike-P posted on DA*300 with Tamron 1.4TC (courtesy of Mike-P) at 03/04/2009 - 22:56

Strange, I am getting better results with the Tamron 1.4x than what you are getting there Amin.

These were with my K10D, Pentax F* 300mm and the Tamron 1.4x