Tim, A screwmount SMC Pentax 300mm f4 or 400mm f5.6 would be great. Most everyone else passes on these as too old, their problem! Regards, Bob S.
On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 6:46 PM, 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? > > -Tim > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
