I'd like to see you try this same setup with flash set at -1 stop exposure and second curtain shutter synch. That might yield some very pleasing results. Paul On Dec 12, 2009, at 8:07 PM, paul stenquist wrote:
> 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. -- 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.
