Jim, I think that you will like the lens a lot, I've had mine for three years or so. The lighter weight than the f4 version is a plus to me, as I occasionally hike a ways with it in a backpack to get where I want to use it. I carry it in a large photo backpack. The poor positioning of the tripod mount is a problem, but not seriously so. I find it quite sharp, though it's not a good lens for moving subjects, due largely to the mount position, at least I don't think so. Mr. Robb has some experience with it's use on a gimbaled head. Here's a shot taken at Kensington Metropark (I'm in Livonia, BTW) with this lens, the 1.4x teleconverter with an ist D.
http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5016800 Congratulations, I know you'll like it, and for what it's worth, it sounds to me like you got a good price if the pictures do it justice. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim King Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2007 12:50 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Major enablement After several years of searching I finally found and won an eBay auction (150111393342) for a Pentax A*600/5.6 lens in pristine condition. I wanted it for my lens collection which now includes all of the A-series glass except the A*1200/8, which I've never seen for sale. It should be great for long shots over Lake Erie from the front porch of our summer cottage. It will be interesting to see how the SR of the K10D works with it - at a little over 3 Kg it might be marginally hand-holdable. I suspect that it will spend more time on my HD tripod, however. This one was really hard to find - the only other time I saw one up for auction on eBay, I accidentally slept through the close of the auction and never got my bid in! This one cost a bit more than the earlier one but seems to be in better condition (fingers crossed). There is also an FA*600/4 up on eBay currently. but the price just makes my head spin! Regards, Jim -- 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
