Re: PAW: Pretty Lady

[Paul Stenquist]

Thanks Shel. I think it's a nice people lens. I ran into two couples I 
knew as well, so I shot a couple of portraits. They're just about 
exactly what I would want for that type of photography. I think they 
were at 120mm or so. Again, the bokeh looks quite good, considering 
that the background is far from ideal. I'm going to have some fun with 
this puppy.
Paul
On Oct 23, 2004, at 4:10 PM, Shel Belinkoff wrote:

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