Now that I'm looking at the pic in lower light, it appears quite a bit sharper than when I first viewed the image. Still trying to adjust to the new light levels and direction at the new house. I'm starting to think I need either darker shades or just not work on or view anything until the sun sets.
If you weren't including the crop factor, I get an effective focal length of 560mm, not quite 600. Shel > [Original Message] > From: Bruce Dayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > Date: 12/4/2006 4:33:09 PM > Subject: Re: PESO - Ugly > > Hello Shel, > > I'm wondering if you are mistaking DOF focus for blur. At 600mm, > there is not a lot of DOF especially at that distance. But I can see > individual hairs on the spider's body and the legs are all clear, > rather than blurred. Since it is taken on an angle from the web, the > plane of focus will cause the web to get further and further out of > focus. Is that what you are seeing? > > For focal length, I was not including the crop factor of the sensor - > maybe I should. > > -- > Bruce > > > Monday, December 4, 2006, 4:07:51 PM, you wrote: > > SB> Doesn't look very sharp to me - certainly not up to your usual standards, > SB> Bruce. Did you perhaps miss focus or is the pic less-than-sharp because of > SB> shake? Or do I need new glasses? > > SB> BTW, I get an "effective" focal length of 840mm: 400mm x 1.5 crop factor X > SB> 1.4 teleconverter. Am I miscalculating? If not, the results are pretty > SB> good for a hand-held shot. What focal length did you select for activating > SB> the SR? Do you think the results might have been better had you chosen a > SB> different focal length? >> http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/ggpark_065a.htm -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
