It's lazy man's game viewing at its best, although you do go farther afield on game drives, where you're armed with a Canon 40D digital camera and a pair of telephoto lenses, about the coolest game-lodge amenity I've ever come across.

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Elephant guns have given way to telephoto lenses, but the essentials remain: dawn and dusk game drives, stately canvas tents guarded by warriors with spears, and drinks around the campfire, with the mawing and bellowing of animals in the liquid black night beyond.

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Those with DX-format lenses will also be happy to know that these lenses can also be used on the camera as well as the ability to set DX crop for stills or video to extend the reach of telephoto or telephoto zoom lenses.

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DENVER, CO (September 10, 2012) - PENTAX RICOH IMAGING AMERICAS CORPORATION (PENTAX), today expands on the innovative Q-system with the new 12.4 megapixel PENTAX Q10 interchangeable lens camera, new Q-Mount PENTAX 06 15-45mm F2.8 telephoto zoom lens and Adapter Q for PENTAX K-mount lenses, expanding its family of compact Q series products.

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Additional lenses can be attached via the Lenscaster to create a wider field of view or bring telephoto capabilities to the iPad's fixed lens.

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