[Musoman]

Anything with a * in the model name is expensive, as its Pentaxs' top glass. They call them ' LIMITEDS '

[QuestionableCarrot]

Thanks Muso

Nice photos!
QC

[Musoman]

Ya welcome, and cheers Carrot

[impotentspider]

Anything with a * in the model name is expensive, as its Pentaxs' top glass. They call them ' LIMITEDS '

Your not quite 100% right there Musoman.
Both * (Star) lenses and Limiteds are indeed top end glass, but Star lenses are not refered to as Limiteds and Limiteds are not Stars (are you confused yet) To add further confusion Limiteds are not really Limited

I've just hijacked this from Bojidar Dimitrov's Pentax K-Mount Page

# Limited: Similar to the * designation in that the lenses are of very high quality, but not meaning that the lens is being produced in limited quantities. Star-lenses are generally large and expensive zooms and Limited lenses are generally compact and expensive primes with not very wide apertures.

PS those shots from the 80-320 aren't that bad, especially if the light was poor.

[Musoman]

Cheers for clearing that up Spider - rediculous model naming by Pentax ! Canon got it right by simply naming theirs with an L designation. I guess something like that was too easy to understand for Pentax

[Musoman]

Originally Posted by impotentspider

PS those shots from the 80-320 aren't that bad, especially if the light was poor.

3pm, dull as dishwater, low dark cloud.

Welcome to Britain

[tomkeet]

Just to add my penith, found the DA 1:4-5.8 55-300mm ED a great lens for the price but the DA* 300mm F4 ED IF is something else, extremely sharp before any processing.

[impotentspider]

No need to rub it in Tom, I KNOW I've not got a DA*300mm.....(yet)

I suppose you'll be bringing the FA*600mm with you on Saturday, you know everyone will want a go

[tomkeet]

Alan, I will bring the 600mm, thats why my other will be with me, to carry it!!

[impotentspider]

Originally Posted by tomkeet

Alan, I will bring the 600mm, thats why my other will be with me, to carry it!!

Actually that might be a bad idea, my other half may be coming too and if she sees me drooling and fawning over a 600mm and caling it "My Precious" then we may well be having a domestic there and then

[gtis]

Originally Posted by impotentspider

No need to rub it in Tom, I KNOW I've not got a DA*300mm.....(yet)

I suppose you'll be bringing the FA*600mm with you on Saturday, you know everyone will want a go

better get the bullworker out then
neil