Hi Jim, Yes it's a mirror lens. Does a decent job overall. A fair amount of atmospheric haze to shoot through yesterday.
Tom C. >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> >To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> >Subject: Re: PESO - Comet McNaught >Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2007 16:01:25 -0800 (PST) > >Was the Tokina a mirror lens? Wasn't able to see the comet because of >clouds in my area. Now, I understand, you have to travel to the >southern hemisphere to see it. > >Jim A. > > > > > I left work around 4:00 PM yesterday. Zipped to the local department >store > > to pick up a cheap pair of binoculars and a compass (I hate when I >forget > > things at home). > > > > My goal was to find an unimpeded view of the south-south-west horizon. >I > > started driving to the local ski area above Boise. As I suspected, the > > best > > view was from the top (where the road ends) at the base of the ski area. > > > > It was very cold, around 13F. There was only about 1/2 hour of time >from > > when the comet became easily visible, between sunset and the setting of > > the > > comet. Fingers so numb I couldn't feel the dials on the camera. > > Fingertips > > still hurt four hours later and actually are a little tender feeling >even > > now. > > > > Here's one shot, a 50% crop, fairly noisy. Curves adjustements performed > > and > > USM that didn't do much before it started degrading the image. I've got >a > > few others I may try to work with that include the horizon. It was > > exciting > > to see and worth the effort regardless of the quality of the images. > > > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5448426 > > > > *ist D and Tokina 500/8 lens. ISO 400 at 1/200. > > > > > > Tom C. > > > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > PDML@pdml.net > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > > > > >-- >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >PDML@pdml.net >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
