Woops! Sorry, Ann, didn't mean to hit a tender spot. :( Hope it's all better soon. ;) Only made the focus comments as a sort of follow-up to PJ's previously related FA 28~200 performance experiences.
Jack --- On Thu, 7/23/09, ann sanfedele <[email protected]> wrote: > From: ann sanfedele <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: PESO -- Red Tail Hawk > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Date: Thursday, July 23, 2009, 3:22 PM > > > Jack Davis wrote: > > >Looks like a decent web image was produced by the much > maligned FA 28~200. Sort of appears, however, the roof gable > is in the best focus.(?) > >Nice grab in any case! > > > >Jack > > > JAck - you hit a sore spot with the redtail experience I > had recently... > of course, PJ was undoubtedly using auto focus... > and so was I when I shot the shots I took that are > useless.... I was > too far away to fill the screen with the birdy.... > the bricks he was sitting just in front of are nice and > sharp. :-( > > ann > > > > >--- On Thu, 7/23/09, P. J. Alling <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > > >>From: P. J. Alling <[email protected]> > >>Subject: PESO -- Red Tail Hawk > >>To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > >>Date: Thursday, July 23, 2009, 2:32 PM > >>This is why I carry a camera > >>everywhere... > >> > >>I was walking in downtown Madison CT. Once > but no > >>longer a rural town, and turned a corner surprising > this > >>beauty dining on a small rabbet alfresco. He > took off > >>in a flurry of feathers surprising the heck out of > me > >>carrying his lunch with him, to make a visit to the > local > >>BOA branch. I shot a few shots of him, (you > can just > >>see his lunch on the peak of the roof. He didn't > look happy > >>with me. > >> > >>http://files.getdropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20redtailhawk.html > >> > >>Equipment: Pentax K20D w/smc Pentax FA > 28-200 > >>f3.8~5.6 > >> > >>I decided to give Dropbox a try. It looks > promising. > >> > >>-- > >> > >>The free man owns himself. He can damage himself > with > >>either eating or drinking; he can ruin himself > with > >>gambling. If he does he is certainly a damn fool, > and he > >>might possibly be a damned soul; but if he may not, > he is > >>not a free man any more than a dog. > >> > >> --G. K. Chesterton > >> > >> > >>-- > >>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. > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > >-- > >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. > > > > > > > > > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
