A snowy walk to work with a very long lens!

[Ian]

With the snow making driving less than risk-free, I decided to walk to the office along the Grand Union Canal in Apsley this afternoon. I took an Olympus E-30 and a Zuiko Digital 300mm f/2.8 (600mm full-frame equivalent) lens with me to take a few snaps along the way.


This is my street looking up from the bottom of the hill. That green building in the background, ironically, is the new Snow Centre in Hemel


Traffic lights at the bottom of our street.


The view from the bottom of our street down the way towards Apsley.


The hump back bridge over the Grand Union Canal.


Lots of gulls flying around.


On the way home from some tobogganing!


Much of the canal was frozen.


The brickwork has come out really well with this one.


Finally, just near the office, and a stretch of the canal that wasn't frozen and a I was surprised by this swan landing. I managed to miss the take-off about five minutes earlier and while this one isn't perfect, technically, it does convey some of the drama!

Ian

[Pol]

Re: A snowy walk to work with a very long lens!

A fascinating series of everyday life walking in the snow.

I love them all but I especially like the traffic light and the little lad looking back - not to mention his dog's bottom. That one's priceless!!

Nice pics of the gulls and the swan too (the swan's kinda like a cartoon character) - but that little lad and his dog rank way up there at the top of the league with yer squirrel paparazzi.

Pol

[Ian]

Re: A snowy walk to work with a very long lens!

Pol, what is it with you and dogs' bottoms?!

But thank you for your comments!

Ian

[Pol]

Re: A snowy walk to work with a very long lens!

P.S ... that also seems to be a belter of a lens! Just look at the detail in that traffic light shot!


Pol

[Ian]

Re: A snowy walk to work with a very long lens!

P.S ... that also seems to be a belter of a lens! Just look at the detail in that traffic light shot!


Pol

[Pol]

Re: A snowy walk to work with a very long lens!

I've just been away looking it up at Warehouse Express. I don't have any Oly kit but I was just wondering about how heavy it might be. I just about fell of my chair when I saw the price, never mind the weight!

Sheesh! It's just as well you didn't slip over and drop it, eh!


Pol

[Ian]

Re: A snowy walk to work with a very long lens!

I've just been away looking it up at Warehouse Express. I don't have any Oly kit but I was just wondering about how heavy it might be. I just about fell of my chair when I saw the price, never mind the weight!

Sheesh! It's just as well you didn't slip over and drop it, eh!


Pol

It weighs 3.3kg, or three times the weight of your Pentax 300mm f/4. But it's two kilos lighter than the Canon 600mm f/4, to which it equates for full frame, and it's quite a bit shorter, while being a stop brighter.

You will be relieved to hear that I don't earn enough to afford one of these beasts

But we're now running a lens hire service in conjunction with Olympus UK via our other site (www.e-group.uk.net), so we have several of these and other Zuiko lenses in the cupboard

When I was researching this I was quite surprised to find no Pentax brand teles listed longer than 300mm? That's only an equivalent of 450mm with the APS-C sensor.

Ian

[Pol]

Re: A snowy walk to work with a very long lens!

It weighs 3.3kg, or three times the weight of your Pentax 300mm f/4. But it's two kilos lighter than the Canon 600mm f/4, to which it equates for full frame, and it's quite a bit shorter, while being a stop brighter.

You will be relieved to hear that I don't earn enough to afford one of these beasts

But we're now running a lens hire service in conjunction with Olympus UK via our other site (www.e-group.uk.net), so we have several of these and other Zuiko lenses in the cupboard

When I was researching this I was quite surprised to find no Pentax brand teles listed longer than 300mm? That's only an equivalent of 450mm with the APS-C sensor.

Ian

I'd been over to FTU and noticed a thread regarding the hire service. Nice idea.

Pentax is indeed a tad short of choice their own brand of long lenses. That 300mm F.4 hasn't been around for too long either. It suits me because it's not too heavy, easy to handle too. I also have the Pentax 60-250mm F.4 that was released round about the same time but I'm not so fond of that one because the barrel is quite wide compared to the 300mm. It would be ok for a fella but it's not so easy for me to manage with my smaller hands.

Pentax has a very nice Photo Gallery HERE where you can select any of their lenses and see samples. It's a good place to spend plenty time when trying to decide what you might like to have.

Pol

[Pol]

Re: A snowy walk to work with a very long lens!

Pentax has a very nice Photo Gallery HERE where you can select any of their lenses and see samples. It's a good place to spend plenty time when trying to decide what you might like to have.

Pol

If anyone's interested in the Pentx 300mm F.4 prime lens - Here's the link to image samples from that particular lens. Each image has a small 'i' at the top right corner. Click on that and it'll open a window with info about the camera used and the exif for the image.

It's a bit slow loading tonight but well worth visiting if you're interested in a range of samples for a Pentax brand lens along with the camera model used with it. Visit often enough and you really do begin to recognise marked differences in lenses and camera/lens combinations.


Pol

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[Caz]

Re: A snowy walk to work with a very long lens!

Me too! I'm with Pol in thinking that the image of the lad (not forgetting the dog) is absolutely brill.

[Ian]

Re: A snowy walk to work with a very long lens!

Me too! I'm with Pol in thinking that the image of the lad (not forgetting the dog) is absolutely brill.

Well all the kit is professionally insured

Ian