I shot the lady at f6.7/1/500, handheld. The lens was full extended to
the 320 mm position, which is a field of view approximately equivalent
to a 480mm, 35mm lens. The ISO was 400. It was a RAW image, and I
processed it in PS CS. Sharpness was adjusted to 61. I bumped the
contrast a tiny bit and adjusted the exposure a small amount to fit the
histogram. I converted it to as a 144 megabyte 16-bit image and checked
levels, but made no changes. II resized it for the web as an 8-bit
image and saved it as a jpeg of approximately 130 K.
On Oct 23, 2004, at 6:26 PM, Don Sanderson wrote:
Looks like a very nice people/pet lens Paul.
I bought one last week for just that purpose, haven't had
a chance to play with it yet.
If my results are as pleasing as yours I'll be quite happy,
especially at the price. ($110.00)
Could we have a bit more info on camera/settings/processing, etc?
Don
-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Stenquist [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, October 23, 2004 4:37 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Samples from today's shoot with the FA 80-320
Here's a more telling example of the FA 80-320. No, it's not a
superior
lens. But I think it's a very good lens for the money. The first shot
is at f6,7, 120mm, handheld at 1/90. However, I think it's fairly
steady. (Remember, this is the field of view of a 180mm lens.) The
second is a 100% detail from the hi-res version of that shot. If I
have time, I'll do some tests off a tripod. But I'm convinced that
this
lens is no bow-wow.
Paul
http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2813525&size=lg
http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2813529
