On Wed, 29 Nov 2006 04:48:22 -0800 Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The F100-300 is pretty crappy when used wide open, but two-three > stops down it renders very nice photographs. Due to that, and the > focal length, it's a tripod-only lens in my opinion unless you have > very bright light to work with. hi, taken with this very lens this (a little cloudy and rainy) morning: http://picasaweb.google.com/nsjeyan/Birds/photo#5002818523716059154 (*ist DS, SMC Pentax-F 100-300mm @ 300mm, f7.1, 1/500sec, iso 1600 (auto)). it's a male asian koel (Eudynamys scolopaceus scolopaceus) that comes more or less regularly to feed on the berries on a tree inside the apartment complex where i live. earlier in the morning, i messed up a shot of the little more elusive female because the camera was in manual mode due to the previous K-lens: http://picasaweb.google.com/nsjeyan/Birds/photo#5002818716518842386 the whole bunch is here: http://picasaweb.google.com/nsjeyan/Birds/ i am not really 'into' birding, but thought it might be of interest to those who are. comments, criticism welcome :) regards, subash -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
