Yeah, soft is correct... no matter who swears by this lens. The girl is soft, too. All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho
----- Original Message ----- From: "Shel Belinkoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, October 23, 2004 11:10 PM Subject: RE: PAW: Pretty Lady > The lens has a nice, soft quality about it. I like that, and the bokeh in > this pic looks pretty decent as well. > > Shel > > > > [Original Message] > > From: Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Decided to spend a few minutes trying out the FA 80-320/4.5-5.6 that I > > bought this week. I know it's not highly rated -- it's obviously a > > consumer zoom -- but I'm rather pleased with it. I shot people walking > > down the street with the camera set to continuous autofocus. This young > > lady was probably the most photogenic. This shot is at 320mm, f6.7 @ > > 1/500, ISO 400. I'm beginning to really like autofocus zooms for > > informal, just for fun shoots. Until this year, I had never really shot > > with a zoom and had never owned an autofocus camera. There's something > > to be said for sloth <g>.. > > Paul > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2813285 > >

