I'll chime in with my vote of confidence for the 50-135... it's probably the lens I use most often, and I can't say I've ever noticed any distortion like that. OTOH, I'm with these guys when it comes to analyzing my photos, so what do I know?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0toBw68L5Y4&feature=player_embedded :) -c But what do I know about On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 6:54 PM, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm still not sure what the perceived problem is here. Lousy bokeh -- > including vague circles in the out of focus background -- is usually more a > function of the background than the lens. Other than lousy bokeh, lousy > composition, and limited depth of field, I see nothing wrong with these > images. > > Paul > On Nov 23, 2011, at 5:11 PM, Collin Brendemuehl wrote: > >>> As it was already said by several people, I don't see anything >>> that tells me about problems with the lens. >>> I am extremely happy with my sample of that lens. >>> >>> As for the circular appearance of something in the image, that might come >>> from e.g. zooming in/out during the exposure. >>> Or, indeed, it might come from the surroundings combined with >>> the out-of-focus blur. >>> All those are just speculations, and I wouldn't even try to judge the >>> lens from a random photo which history you don't know (e.g. was it >>> modified?). >>> >>> Igor >> >> Perhaps I'm a little spooked/gun shy. >> This is why I stopped using the 43/1.9. >> Had two with the same type characteristic. >> It was an optical design flaw - a failure on Pentax' part. >> >> I looked through PPG for others using this same lens and could not >> immediately visually identify the issue on any of them. >> It seems odd that it would be random or that it would be a product >> of zoom-while-shoot as that would affect all objects in the pic. >> Perhaps it is that specific lens alone. >> >> >> 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. > > > -- > 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.
