I think you meant to say MOVING subjects Are difficult with long lenses without AF and I agree but for non moving subjects, stopped down a little, And reasonably fast long lenses MF is not Difficult at all due to the shallow depth Of field with the lenses wide open. jco
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jens Bladt Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2006 1:23 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: RE: Somebody talk me out of it Talking you out of this is quite easy, I believe. Long lenses with MF are VERY difficult to use successfully. It's quite hard to get aniting moving or prone to moving (birds, dear, people etc.) in focus with a 400-500mm lens without AF. It willl probably end up sitting on a shelf somewhere. My 200-500mm did. Go get an AF Sigma 170-500mm and an AF body! Of cource, that won't exactly please you wife, would it? :-) Regards Jens Bladt http://www.jensbladt.dk +45 56 63 77 11 +45 23 43 85 77 Skype: jensbladt248 -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] vegne af Scott Loveless Sendt: 18. oktober 2006 00:44 Til: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Emne: Somebody talk me out of it I'm thinking about buying either a K400/5.6 or a K500/4.5. Primary use would be 35mm film, but it will certainly be mounted on the K100D from time to time. Anyone have any input on image quality? Is either significantly better than the other? And for my wife's peace of mind, would someone mind talking me out of buying one? <g> Thanks! -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com Shoot more film! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.4/477 - Release Date: 10/16/2006 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.9/490 - Release Date: 10/20/2006 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
