Peter,
You focused on the tip of her nose!  Try the eyes next time.  That
lens has a very short depth of field wide open.
(Your contributing to the urban legend about one of my favorite lenses.)
Regards,  Bob S.

On Sat, 19 Mar 2005 01:35:17 -0500, Peter J. Alling
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I  decided to use a few prime lenses on the *ist-D just to see how they
> preformed.
> The oft maligned smc P-M 85mm f2.0 was mounted on the *ist-D when
> Canon/Coffee house
> girl decide to join me while I wasted some time with a cup, (Papua New
> Guinea).  ~127mm makes
> for tight head shots.
> 
> http://www.mindspring.com/~webster26/PESO_--_portrait1.html
> 
> Technical:
> Pentax *ist-D iso 200 @1/180sec
> smc Pentax-M 85mm f2.0 @ f2.0
> 
> Comments welcome but may be totally ignored.
> 
> --
> I can understand why mankind hasn't given up war.
> During a war you get to drive tanks through the sides of buildings
> and shoot foreigners - two things that are usually frowned on during 
> peacetime.
>        --P.J. O'Rourke
> 
>

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