Walt, The M28/2.8 lens can be disappointing. Years ago I struggled with it on film with my Pentax ME. After one very careful shot on a tripod at sunrise, I gave up. It is not 'the sharpest knife in the drawer.'
Keep up the good work. You are posting some classy images. Your customers and that sunrise - end of work - are stunners. Regards, Bob S. On Sun, Jun 16, 2013 at 10:44 AM, Walt <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you, Chris. > > I really hope to get another shot of him as there just seems to be a lack of > detail in his face. Maybe it's me, but it just doesn't seem as sharp as my > other portraits from work. > > Of course, I was using the M-28/2.8 on this one as opposed to the FA 50/1.4 > and F 50/1.7 on most of the others. That could account for my > dissatisfaction, I suppose. > > -- Walt > > On 6/16/2013 2:16 AM, Chris Mitchell wrote: >> >> Looks sharp and well exposed to me. Another superb portrait actually. >> >> Chris >> >> On 14 June 2013 03:21, Walt <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Here's another portrait from down at the ol' salt mine -- a man named >>> Mark. >>> He's about as nice and polite a man as you could ever hope to meet. >>> >>> We nearly lost him about a year and a half ago in a car accident. He >>> spent a >>> good amount of time at Vanderbilt University Hospital undergoing >>> surgeries >>> before going through about three months of physical therapy. He's >>> fortunate >>> in a lot of ways -- from being alive at all to having all his limbs. >>> >>> http://www.flickriver.com/photos/walt_gilbert/9036796687/ >>> K-5, M-28/2.8, ISO 200, 1/160 sec, f/? >>> >>> I'm not altogether pleased with the exposure or sharpness, and will >>> probably >>> return to the shot at some point in the future for further processing. >>> But, >>> I rarely see Mark these days, so I wanted to be sure to get at least one >>> shot of him. >>> >>> -- Walt >>> >>> -- >>> 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.
