I like 309 through 319. Just enough motion blur to make them work. Nice. Paul On Dec 12, 2009, at 6:31 PM, Larry Colen wrote:
> Of course, as soon as I pull out my camera to test the new lens, they turn > down the lights. Lighting conditions were tough, I was shooting wide open > (f/1.8) ISO 3200 at 1/8-1/13 second. When they turned up the lights for the > birthday jam, I was able to bump the shutter speed all of the way up to 1/15, > but it was a faster song, so people were moving faster. > > All in all, I'm happy with the optics of this lens. The optics don't seem to > be the weak link in these conditions, and my gut feel is that I'm getting > better contrast out of this lens than I have in the past. > > http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157622988217498/ > > I'm still not happy with the manual focus. I have determined that it gets > stiff with the focus drive gear in the same position of every revolution (one > end of the slot at 2 O'clock). This happens with the lens on the camera or > not. I need to find another one locally to try out and compare. > > It's interesting that when I tried the savvy shopper app on my droid with the > UPC on the box, several places on the net had dropped their price from $569 > to $519. I may end up returning this and paying the extra $20 to get one > someplace else. > > > -- > Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est > > > > > > -- > 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.
