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From: "Cotty"
Subject: K15mm for House Interiors
They say buying a house is one of the most stressful activities possible.
They're not kidding, and we haven't even chosen the damned thing.
Try renovating one when you don't know what the hell you are doing.....
We're house-hunting at the mo, and at the risk of jinxing any potential
purchase, i go to viewings with a camera and do some quick and dirty
snaps so I can review later over a large glass of impertinent red.
The Pentax K15mm f/3.5 comes in very useful for this, although on the 1D,
the image is cropped slightly - still a very good wide angle lens. Here's
one such house we saw recently. All interiors at 800 ISO wide open at f/
3.5 - wasn't watching shutter speed, just snapping away. All shots high
quality jpeg with AWB, minor adjustment in PS for colour and sharpening.
Rough and ready.
<http://www.cottysnaps.com/houses/cornstreet.html>
(Don't bother if on dial-up - two dozen shots at about 80 kb each, zzzzz.)
I loved the house but my SO didn't, and after an almighty row a few hours
later, we have passed and are continuing the search for the impossible,
sigh. Breaks my heart to look at these pics, but I suddenly appreciated
the Pentax 15mm, and thought I would share. No comments necessary.
Too bad. Looks like a nice place.
William Robb
