True. And being able to shoot at a wider aperture is a guarantee of better bokeh. I will probably get the 60-250/4 and the 50-135/2.8 at some point. Then the 50-200 will go. Even f4 at 200mm will deliver a considerably nicer background look than the f5.6 of the DA 50-200 at that focal length. Paul -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "David Savage" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Well I'm comparing it to the FA* 80-200mm f2.8 & FA* 200mm f2.8. > > Probably not a far comparison. > > Cheers, > > Dave > > On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 8:15 PM, Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I find the out-of-focus rendering to be just fine. In most cases, > > bokeh is a function of what's back there rather than how the lens > > renders it. Yet both bad and good bokeh are most often considered a > > function of the lens, when in truth they're a function of the > > brightness and variation of the scene itself. Some examples of > > DA50-200 bokeh: > > > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4527667 > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4604194 > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6382714 > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6363497 > > > > > > On Mar 6, 2008, at 11:11 PM, David Savage wrote: > > > > > On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 12:58 PM, Joseph Tainter > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> "I tested the DA 50-200 tonight at 80mm, f4.5. That's one sharp > > >> lens." > > >> > > >> I agree. I don't have it, but I had use of one for a while and > > >> tested it > > >> systematically against the old SMC F 70-210. The DA 50-200 held > > >> its own > > >> in that test, being just a little weaker at the long end. > > >> > > >> Funny thing is, I've seen internal Pentax documents (know ask > > >> how) that > > >> say the DA 50-200 is weak at the long end, and they've got to do > > >> better > > >> with the forthcoming 75-300. I'm puzzled by that. That little > > >> telezoom > > >> strikes me as a very decent performer, and excellent value. > > > > > > It's ok for what it is, but the OoF rendering can be odd to say the > > > least. > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > > Dave > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions.
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