This is my 3rd Pentax digital body. First was the *istDS. Its out-of-camera JPG images were the sharpest. But as we all know, that comes at a cost. Still, for snapshots it was nice. The K100D, and now the K-x, always require some sharpening. I do that later as needed. For testing I like to examine the images in their natural condition.
Ok, there is no such lens as the Tokina-A. Well, there is now. I took a piece of aluminum foil and shorted the "A" pin. The camera thinks its max aperture is 1.2, but that's ok. I just keep the aperture ring on f16 and use Av to set it to f8 and let the camera do the rest. Then I went out back and shot this pic of the neighbor's crab apple tree trunk. The pics are unaltered. ISO 800, f8. The complete image, reduced for ease of downloading http://www.brendemuehl.net/images/tokina1735a/tree10.jpg Center, 100% http://www.brendemuehl.net/images/tokina1735a/tree0.jpg Bottom Center, 100% http://www.brendemuehl.net/images/tokina1735a/tree6.jpg Right center, 100% http://www.brendemuehl.net/images/tokina1735a/tree3.jpg ********************* The images really display the low light and high light capacities of the camera. Not washed out, not too dim. ********************* The next step: modify the mount so that there is a permanent A pin. Because that's what the camera requires to be full-featured. And if I use it on any non-A body, no problem. Anyone got an old Tokina lens that's gone bad, but has a good mount? Sincerely, Collin Brendemuehl "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose" -- Jim Elliott -- 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.
