Re: PAW: Pretty Lady

[Paul Stenquist]

It's not all that soft, considering that the lady is walking rapidly 
and this is a hand held shot. Later, I'll post some portraits I shot 
with it. Perhaps even some 100% detail. You're looking at a tiny web 
image, Raimo, and drawing unfair conclusions.
Paul
On Oct 23, 2004, at 4:25 PM, Raimo K wrote:

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