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Captured in RAW, edited in iPhoto saved to jpg. K10D, Pentax-A 400mm f5.6, ISO800, f9.5, 1/60, Av mode. Decent shot of the peacock next door, but I'm still waiting for "the" shot. Trouble is, he doesn't venture into the direct sun very often so staying in the shade is keeping the lighting flat. Also, I've noticed unacceptable chromatic aberration with the A 400mm f5.6 wide open which is bothersome. So, I had to shoot at a higher ISO to stop the lens down. I was surpirsed that the shot was this sharp at 1/60 second even though I was using the Wimberely Sidekick on my tripod. Does anyone know for sure if the FA400mm f5.6 is free (or virtually free) of CA wide open? If so, I might swap mine out for one. Not being able to use this lens wide open limits its usefullness. -Brendan --- Scott Loveless <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've been thinking lately about the cost of doing > photography and > finishing photographs for web publication. A > recent, erm, thread got me > steamed up enough to post this. Basically, how much > can you accomplish > without spending any more money than it cost you to > obtain your > hardware? First some assumptions and then the > rules. > > Assumptions: > 1. You have access to a computer with an operating > system installed and > a connection to the Internet. Said computer is > capable of running photo > editing software and displaying the images on a > screen. > 2. You have access to a working digital camera or a > scanner that you > can connect to the computer. > > The rules: > 1. You can use the software that came with your > computer. Your > computer probably came with an OS installed. If it > didn't, whatever OS > is currently installed is fine. OSX, Windows, > Linux, whatever. From > what I understand, the Mac has some basic photo > editing software > installed by default. Most Linux distros do, too. > All of this is fine. > 2. You can use the software that came with your > camera or scanner. If > you had to buy a third party application to get your > scanner or camera > to talk to your computer that's fine, too. > 3. Since most of us like to print photos from time > to time, you can use > the software that came with your printer. In my > case the Epson R320 > came with Elements 2.0, so that's allowed. > 4. You can use any freely available software, open > source or > otherwise. e.g. - Irfanview, Lightzone for Linux, > Picasa, the GIMP, > etc. Trial versions, software that watermarks your > photos until you pay > for the real thing, etc. are not allowed. You > should be able to use the > software indefinitely (and legally, so no warez) > without having to shell > out extra cash. > > To sum up, if it came with your hardware, is > absolutely necessary for > operating your hardware, or is freely available (no > strings attached) > it's allowed. Nothing else. > > Within these limitation try to produce something > you're proud to call > your own. When discussing digital (or digitally > scanned) photographs > with someone who's never done it before, you should > be able to show them > the photo and say something like "All you need is > your computer, your > camera, and whatever software came with them." > > In an attempt to add some credibility to the > challenge, I should state > that I have submitted two photographs to the Pentax > Gallery. One of > them was accepted. I shot the photograph on a > K100D, JPEG, and edited > it with Picasa on a PC running Windows XP. It was a > PESO a few weeks > ago and can be seen here: > http://picasaweb.google.com/sdloveless/PDMLPESO/photo#5035527265195980162 > > If you're interested in playing along, simply post a > link to your > photo(s) in a reply to this message, or mark it as a > Cheapskate > Challenge photo in a separate thread. Let us know > what software you > used to process/edit the photo. Compare it to the > software you would > normally use. If you're not interested, I won't be > offended. If you > think I need to revise the assumptions or rules > please let me know. If > you think this is a ridiculous waste of time I'd > like to hear about > that, too. > > Have fun! > > -- > Scott Loveless > www.twosixteen.com > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a PS3 game guru. Get your game face on with the latest PS3 news and previews at Yahoo! Games. http://videogames.yahoo.com/platform?platform=120121 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
