I've always had floaters, but sharp eyesight.  Now, I require glasses
and that complicates things.

In Maui, I use different lenses than here.  I need my longest zoom for
the whales, my widest for the landscapes, and I will try the macro for
the flowers.

Dan Matyola
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola


On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 1:01 PM,  <[email protected]> wrote:
> Second that. Both (focus and  Hawaii).
>
> Marnie aka Doe :-) I've got lots of floaters.
>
> In a  message dated 12/19/2012 9:56:43 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
> [email protected] writes:
> Thanks Dan,
> Deciding what you want in focus  is always a challenge.
> And I hear you about the eyesight (floaters  here).
> Have you tried focus bracketing? Digital shots are cheap.
> And  faster shutter speeds always help.
> Practice on those flowers in Hawaii, you  lucky dog.
> Regards, Bob S.
>
> On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 11:39 AM, Daniel J.  Matyola
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> That is a gorgeous image,  Bob!
>>
>> Yes, mine should be sharper.  I think that I was  trying to get the
>> yellow bits as sharp as possible while keeping most of  the rest of the
>> flower in reasonable focus.  I should have been  more decisive.
>>
>> I don't think the problem is camera shake, as It  was taken indoors,
>> using a tripod and firing the shutter with the  remote.  The fault is
>> in my eyesight;  I have some problems  seeing details clearly enough,
>> even switching from view finder to live  view and back.
>>
>> Dan Matyola
>>  http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
>>
>>
>> On Wed,  Dec 19, 2012 at 12:23 PM, Bob Sullivan <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>>> Dan,
>>> You can get sharper results, especially in  the yellow bits.
>>> It might be camera shake.
>>> Here is a  photo taken with the DFA100/2.8 Macro,
>>> but at f7.1 and 1/500th on  the K-5.
>>>  http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16678874
>>> Regards,  Bob  S.
>>>
>>> On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 8:35 AM, Daniel J. Matyola
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>  http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16670443
>>>>
>>>>  Comments and criticisms always welcome.
>>>>
>>>> Dan  Matyola
>>>>  http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
>>>>
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