Ok, so I've got my Pentax *ist

[episodic]

I just got a tamaron 70-200mm lens to go with it. I want a quality 2x extender to use it for 400 mm shots. What can you all recommend? Yes, I know this is not optimal. I am going to use it for day bird shots though, so it should be fine.

 

[tfinch2]

Aren't you the nub that just got a Canon A610 and didn't know a lick about cameras a few weeks ago?

 

[episodic]

Sold the A610. . .stepped up.

 

[iwantanewcomputer]

i have a pentax camera too...?

 

[MazerRackham]

er, how about a tamron extender?

 

[yhelothar]

Hooray for pentax users!!
But don't bother with an extender.. yuck, or even those consumer tele zooms..
If you want real bird shots, go look for a used 300mm F/4 prime off ebay for roughly $100-150.
Here's a shot I took with my Super-multi-coated Takumar 300mm F/4 I got off ebay for $105..
http://astroguy.org/300mm2.jpg
pic of the lens.. it's built like a friggen tank.. http://astroguy.org/300mm1.jpg
Easily sharper than one of those Canon 70-200 F/4L zoom lenses that canon users love to gloat about.. and for small fraction of the cost!!!

 

[yhelothar]

Anyways, the Pentax-F 1.7 extender is the best extender you can get. They'll probably cost you over $100 though.
http://cgi.ebay.com/SMC-Pentax-F-1-7x-A...9QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
IIRC, there's a unique thing about it that it'll convert manual focus lenses to autofocus!!!

 

[yhelothar]

Ditched your own thread? 🙁:thumbsdown:

 

[tfinch2]

Originally posted by: virtualgames0
Anyways, the Pentax-F 1.7 extender is the best extender you can get. They'll probably cost you over $100 though.
http://cgi.ebay.com/SMC-Pentax-F-1-7x-A...9QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
IIRC, there's a unique thing about it that it'll convert manual focus lenses to autofocus!!!

How does it convert an MF lens to AF? 😕

 

[iamtrout]

Originally posted by: tfinch2

Originally posted by: virtualgames0
Anyways, the Pentax-F 1.7 extender is the best extender you can get. They'll probably cost you over $100 though.
http://cgi.ebay.com/SMC-Pentax-F-1-7x-A...9QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
IIRC, there's a unique thing about it that it'll convert manual focus lenses to autofocus!!!

How does it convert an MF lens to AF? 😕

uhhh... perhaps the extender itself focuses...?

 

[Jzero]

Originally posted by: tfinch2

Originally posted by: virtualgames0
Anyways, the Pentax-F 1.7 extender is the best extender you can get. They'll probably cost you over $100 though.
http://cgi.ebay.com/SMC-Pentax-F-1-7x-A...9QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
IIRC, there's a unique thing about it that it'll convert manual focus lenses to autofocus!!!

How does it convert an MF lens to AF? 😕

Yeah that's pretty wild. It must do its own focusing based on leaving the lens's focusing ring in one position.

 

[kogase]

Pentax Tamaron sounds uncannily like Tampax Tampon.

 

[tfinch2]

Originally posted by: iamtrout

Originally posted by: tfinch2

Originally posted by: virtualgames0
Anyways, the Pentax-F 1.7 extender is the best extender you can get. They'll probably cost you over $100 though.
http://cgi.ebay.com/SMC-Pentax-F-1-7x-A...9QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
IIRC, there's a unique thing about it that it'll convert manual focus lenses to autofocus!!!

How does it convert an MF lens to AF? 😕

uhhh... perhaps the extender itself focuses...?

Well obviously, but you'd think that it would cost a little more if it was that great. It sounds like it's awesome.

A google search reveals that it's not that great. You have to get the focus pretty close manually, then AF it and sometimes it get it right.

 

[igowerf]

Ok. I just got a *ist DL and I can't figure out how to get the flash to pop up. I'm pressing the little "up" button with the lightening bolt and the camera just ticks at me. I've tried it in different modes and different lighting conditions and the flash just NEVER pops up.