Thanks Paul, that restores my faith in the DA in general. I think perhaps this lens lends itself more to the real, rather than scientific, tests. Which is, of course, what counts. Or maybe it's because your paperwright was $100.00 more my paperweight? ;-)
I have a hunch that the subject matter makes an unusually large difference in results. I have some closeups taken with the DA that look very good. I'll have to take it for a "real world" spin later today. Don > -----Original Message----- > From: Paul Stenquist [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, April 04, 2005 7:56 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Shooting with a $500 Paperweight > > > After yesterday's brief trip to the nature center, I did a short > walkaround in downtown Birmingham with the *istD and the now infamous > DA 16-45. (That's the lens many of us loved last week.) I don't > normally do tests, but I happened to have these saps that lend > themselves well to a 100% crop. I was using autofocus with a selected > sensor. My blip was appearing on the top left portion of the clock, > right near the number 10. Below you'll find the entire pic first, sized > for the web. It's followed by two 100% crops of the image just as the > RAW Converter processed it at actual size The first crop is at f4.5. > 1/1500. The second is at f8, 1/350. No, it's not scientific, but I'm > still in love with this lens. > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3252196 > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3252208 > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3252212 >
