>> Of course I would love to have a "real" fixed tele lens in the 300-500 >> mm range, but I do not have the money right now for a good one and it >> should be portable (light) and usable without a tripod for me too ;-)
> Try a used Adaptall-2 Tamron 300/5.6 SP. They are not terribly > expensive even in the UK. They're pretty handy, too. The "SP 300/5.6 Flat-Field Tele-Macro"'s f/5.6 spec makes for a more compact, lighter lens than a 300/4 or 300/4.5, and this particular lens does focus pretty closely - I think that it might focus to 1:1.3 magnification. It also does very nicely with the "SP 2X Flat-Field Teleconverter". Fred
