Herb that's a beautiful location and a gorgeous collection of images! I've always felt, and still do, that the photographer, and not the gear is the most important element in a beautiful photograph. You've proven that to me, again, with this work. I have a lot of nice equipment, it's the 'eye' I lack. Very, very nice stuff.
Don > -----Original Message----- > From: Herb Chong [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, December 31, 2004 6:20 PM > To: Pentax Discuss Mailing List > Subject: Banff and Lake Louise > > > i was in the Canadian Rockies for a single day to photograph two > weeks ago. > managed to get there after a week of chinook conditions, so there's much > less snow than there ought to be for this time of the year. > > http://users.bestweb.net/~hchong/Seasonal/ > > the raven and bighorn sheep were shot with the FA 80-320/4.5-5.6 (which > appears to be discontinued) while the rest were all shot with the > DA 14/2.8. > i've decided that i really don't like the bokeh on the 80-320. > > overall, i have mixed feelings about the DA 14/2.8. on the one hand, it's > not got any noticeable vignetting, good flare resistance, and > decent bokeh. > on the other hand, it's not as sharp as the DA 16-45/4. most of > these images > were shot at f11 or f13 and should be at the maximum sharpness and > resolution of the lens. the difference isn't large, but it is noticeable. > i'll continue to use it as it's not that bad, but i was hoping for > performance exceeding that of the DA 16-45/4 given the relative price. > > Herb... > >
