The trail race was on a overcast day (Ektachrome 200) but the Boston Marathon was mostly sunny, sometimes cloudy. The "It's Like Woodstock, Man" photo was during one of the sunny intervals, for example.
I shot the Boston Marathon stuff on ISO 800 color negative film (my telephoto at the time was a less-than-stellar-quality 400/5.6 Sigma), mostly Fuji but with one roll of truly wretched Kodak 800 Max which I purchased in an emergency. I Shot negative film instead of slides so I could get it processed in an hour at the Walgreens on Boylston street, go back to my hotel room, scan the prints with a flatbed scanner and laptop and have them on the web the same day. Incidentally, I found a great use for the 18-35 zoom in places where I couldn't get near enough at the start. I set it at 18mm, put it on my MX and stuck the MX on my monopod. Then I set focus at the hyperfocal distance and used the self-timer to take the shot while I held the the bottom of the monopod to put the camera way over everyone's heads, John Coyle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Thanks Mark, I will be interested to see how it turns out. I would guess the >shots you link to were taken on a fairly dull day: do you have a note of the >film you used? >I took mine today on Jessops(UK photo shop) 200ASA C-41, on a sparkling Aussie >day (32 degrees, hasn't rained in a few days), and was well satisfied with the >lens sharpness. I will be shooting some HP5 next, so will be interested to >check the resolution of the lens with that. > >John Coyle >Brisbane, Australia > >Mark Roberts keyboarded: > >> I wouldn't say it's a brilliantly sharp lens, but it's a tremendously *fun* >> lens! I have one and generally use it when I'm going somewhere I don't want >> to take my SMC-A 20/2.8 (in the woods covering a trail race or through the >> crowds at the Boston Marathon). >> I used this lens for the wide angle shots on these web pages: >> http://www.robertstech.com/run/graphics/runpic34.htm >> http://www.robertstech.com/run/graphics/runpic33.htm >> >> >> -- >> Mark Roberts >- >This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, >go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to >visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . -- Mark Roberts www.robertstech.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
