Thanks, Bruce! You must be patient and not fret if you miss constantly. Also, not REALLY caring all that much helps. ;) Lens test competence and sample variations aside, it has tested considerably better than the DA* 300 f/4. As I believe I mentioned in an earlier post, not being internal focusing and being so light makes it truly extremely difficult to hand hold and expect consistent results.
Jack --- On Sun, 6/13/10, Bruce Dayton <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Bruce Dayton <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: PESO: Hunkerd Hummer > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Date: Sunday, June 13, 2010, 1:17 PM > Those hummers move quite a > bit. If you watch close, they do come > back to the same places quite often. So catching one > still, is an > exercise in patience. Still, they are very small - > need as much > magnification as you can. Nice shot, Jack! > > This is one case where the lens in question did not > surprise me as to > image quality - it is good, but not as crisp as the costly > glass. > > -- > Best regards, > Bruce > > > Sunday, June 13, 2010, 10:46:11 AM, you wrote: > > JD> I was, again, enjoying the patio chaise when the > nearby garden > JD> was visited by a Humming Bird. In this case, a > Stellula calliope. > JD> "She" (according to my field guide?) checked out a > blossom or two > JD> before settling on a twig as shown. > JD> Am currently using a version of this image as my > wallpaper and as > JD> I just now brought up PDML mail was moved to share > it. > JD> They are much easier to photograph when resting, > even for however a momentary time. > JD> Haven't been shooting much lately. Had house guests > for a few > JD> days and we're now experiencing 'prox 100F weather. > Air > JD> conditioner is difficult to leave. > > JD> Just for fun..of course. > > JD> Jack > > JD> http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=519 > > JD> K20, DA55~300 > > > JD> > > > > > -- > 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.
