Well that used Bigma is a lot better than my older, used 120-500. Its to soft, i should try it on the F90X film camera and see what it does. Dave
On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 11:45 AM, Darren Addy <[email protected]> wrote: > I took possession of a used (but like new) Bigma yesterday (the > previous version without IS) and so I'm trying to get the hang of > using it. (This may be a long process with a lot of discarded shots). > I think I'm really going to like it, however. > > On the way to work this morning, a yellow biplane cropduster was > working in the middle of a square mile section of field. I turned down > a gravel road to try to get a little closer view, which still wasn't > all that close. He was at least 1/4 mile from me as he elevated over > trees at the end of the field: > https://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/7704806554/in/photostream/ > > I like the combination of sharpness and blade blur on this one: > https://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/7704812012/in/photostream/lightbox/ > > Playing around in Photoshop and dialing the contrast to "eleven" I got > what could be the basis for a neat logo for the guy's Flying Service. > https://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/7704810086/in/photostream/ > > I've never been one to go to air shows, but with this lens it might > make for a very fun day of target practice. > > Comments and evicerations welcome (in equal measure). > > -- > 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. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- 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.
