On 5/27/09, Tim Bray <[email protected]> wrote: > We bought a waterfront cottage last year and all of a sudden I'm > interested in wildlife & maritime photography. My biggest lens is an > old old OLD Tamron 70-210 and its contacts are problematic, the camera > can only see it half the time. This would see very limited use, > probably just the cottage, so I was thinking maybe a used big old > fixed-focal-length telephoto like my Dad used to use 30 years ago. I > went poking around on EBay and sure enough, there are big old lenses > for sale there regularly. > > For my K20, are there any classics that I should particularly lean > toward or turkeys to stay away from? I'm assuming nearly anything > will fit, e.g. the "SMC Pentax 500mm F4.5 4.5/500 Telephoto" with the > bidding currently at around $700 Canadian. Any good online references > to consult?
I think you should let us come stay at your cabin for a few days and get a feel for it. Then we should be able to tell you which lens is best suited for your purposes. -- Scott Loveless Cigarette-free since December 14th, 2008 http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
