---- John Francis <[email protected]> wrote: 
> On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 08:11:39PM -0400, Christian wrote:
> >
> > "Big" telephoto? If I still had a Pentax DSLR I'd have a 600/4 FA*....  
> > With a 300/2.8 FA* for hand-held flight shots.
> >
> > But that's me...
> 
> I've hand-held a 300/2.8 with the 1.7x AF adapter on it.
> That's a sweet combination (a 500mm/4.5).
> 
> But you won't find that going on eBay for $700 ...
> 
> The Tamron 300/2.8 is a darn good lens, too; I only
> switched to a Pentax A* because I got an offer that
> I couldn't refuse.  And that one used to be available
> at around $1000 (although that was some years ago).

I paid just over half that for the green version about six years ago.  Bargains 
do exist.

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