Yeah, that's the way I'm looking at it right now as well. I just hope that someone is paying for her vet bills is all.

Oh yeah, and I've got the 55BB BBAR rather than the 55B BBAR which makes a big difference.

Another shot I found by someone else who has this mirror. It's really hard to rate this thing as bad, and I'd be pretty shocked if the Pentax is anything more than just a tiny bit better.

EDIT Ah hah, another great example of some great images - though only the 55B has a 100% crop on it which is a bit soft.

I dunno, maybe I got lucky with my Tamron but this was handheld

[IMG]http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/46/imgp7282.jpg[/IMG]

or 100% cropped

[IMG]http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/6148/cropi.jpg[/IMG]

Nailing the focus is a bit of a beatch, but it's rewarding when you do. Somewhere I remember reading a review comparing it to the 500/4.5L and saying it was actually pretty close in terms of IQ, and there is virtually no CA on these things either.

I'm not entirely sure what to do. I'm a graduate student who works from home - and she comes by throughout the work day. The chip means that she belongs to someone, and the fact that she does sleep somewhere else overnight means that she probably does have a home.

I'd love to adopt her, but I wouldn't want to steal someone else's cat.

Hand held with my 500mm tamron

[IMG]http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/46/imgp7282.jpg[/IMG]

And being a real lovie thang taken with my Auto Chinon
[IMG]http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/5213/imgp6444.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://img511.imageshack.us/img511/3391/imgp5903.jpg[/IMG]

Ah hah, found the microchip!

A very cute and friendly pure white cat crawled in through our kitchen window a few months back and has been coming back almost every day. She doesn't beg for food, all she wants to do is sleep on people and be pet. She also cries out to be photographed as well ...

Based on the overall condition of kittah, she must have a home somewhere. It's either that or she's one damn good hunter. She has no collar on. She also doesn't have a clipped ear, so she's not a stray, or at least a stray who has been fixed.

In Canada we put microchips in cats, or tattoo the ear, but do they do that in Britain? I can't seem to find the chip (right shoulder blade) and I can see no sign of tattoo in the ear.

Hrm, well since you got some other great stuff with them ... I'll buy the TC off you for 120GBP which means you can keep the rest of the stuff for free!

I suppose if I did buy it and didn't use it much, I could probably sell it at not too much of a loss, eh?

So 50gbp, that's not too bad actually. Well lemme see if I can get a good price on this lens then. Thanks for the info.

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