> Hand held, probably ISO 200. That series shows a range from 80mm > right out to 320.
I couldn't argue with that performance from a consumer zoom, the lack of CA is very reasuring considering it's not badged APO. I use mine mainly between 80-200 where it performs as well as my 70-210 f4 'A' but it's great having that 320mm option when I'm not carrying my 300 f4 Sigma APO, great walk about lens IMO. John ---------- Original Message ----------- From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sun, 24 Oct 2004 13:55:08 -0600 Subject: Re: Samples from today's shoot with the FA 80-320 > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Whittingham" > > Subject: Re: Samples from today's shoot with the FA 80-320 > > >> I didn't think it was all that bad a lens, my test target was an > >> office tower, and there is more than sufficient detail showing in > >> the images > > > > That's better, shows what the lens is capable of, did you use a > > tripod? > > What focal length? > > Hand held, probably ISO 200. That series shows a range from 80mm > right out to 320. > All 4 images originated as in camera jpegs and recieved the same > post processing, which was resizing for the web and a couple of > shots of unsharp mask, 50% @ .5 pixels. To me, it looks a tad soft > through the middle of the range, but quite tight at either end. I > didn't test every aperture, so it may perform better if a sweeter > aperture was chosen. > > William Robb ------- End of Original Message ------- ------- End of Forwarded Message ------- John Whittingham Technician
