If you have one of these lenses and are interested in selling at a good price. I will be very interested at the end of February when i have the funds

Drop me a line if you might have something

Cheers

QC

Great photos David - some of them are real stunners

Hold onto that missus of yours - shes a cracker

Oops sorry wrong month

This is why I am worried about the K-3...

Thus far I havent seen any wildlife shots that have blown me away with the flagship camera

Which is troubling because I want to buy another camera in the new year and am seriously considering buying another K-5

The example attached is of a female bully I photographed back in september - handheld with just saturation boost at 800ISO...

Im sorry but i have to disagree

These female bullfinch photos dont have the quality that I would expect from the DA*300 and new K-3
This worries me as a bird photographer.. Maybe it was a dull day and High ISO's were used but the colour, vibrancy, clarity and sharpness are poor in my opinion

Sorry

Hi barrie

Yea its as I thought.

Unfortunately the lens doesnt deliver great results at the top end of the spectrum - 500mm

I've attached a photo of a buzzard I took at 440mm at F9. I very rarely use 500mm on my lens opting to bring it back a wee bit.
Shoot at that length at F8 and you'll get the results you want.
QC

hi barrie

I have used the 150 500 for over three years now and I agree its a lens that doesnt get the credit it deserves.

Just a few wee observations. Have you used high Iso or wide open aperature with some luminance added or something? I try my best to avoid that when shooting birds because all the textures are lost.

Here are the settings that have yielded the best results for me

If the bird is inside of 20-30 feet (not often!) shoot away wide open

250-300 F7.1
300-400 F8/F9
500mm F10

The 150 500 is a bit of a misnomer because its not actually 500mm - more like 450mm

If the subject is close like the garden table friends shoot away wide open (150-200)

here is a swallow shot at 200mm wide open... Not much wrong with it in my opinion.




If i can help anymore just give us a pm

id agree with the seaweed comment - cracking image!

K-x and M 50mm 1.7

lol

Im just photographing what i saw!

I suppose the more I look at it i get what you are all saying.

Its hard to make it look "real"