That lens is a peach. Happy to see it’s found a good home. Nice shot, and the monochrome choice works well here.
On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 1:28 PM, Darren Addy <[email protected]> wrote: > When our own Tim Bray offered his Sigma EX 30mm f1.4 my first thought > was that I didn't need it, given that I had the Sigma EX 28mm f1.8. > But then it dawned on me that I might be able to "upgrade" to the > faster f1.4 for essentially free. So I quickly sold my 28 and bought > Tim's 30. (Thanks Tim!) > > This is the original version of the Sigma EX 30mm f1.4. It does not > have the AF/MF switch as the current(?) model does. It also lacks HSM, > but I did not notice the focusing as being overly noisy. The 30mm > lacks the 28mm's "macro" capabilities, but I decided I have lots of > other macro and close-up options, so don't think I'll miss that. In > exchange I get a lens that is MUCH smaller and lighter than the EX > 28mm f1.8, which had a 77mm filter size. This 30mm has a 62mm filter > size. This will be my new "normal" prime and will also take over for > the 28mm f1.8 in the aurora and meteor shower department. > > Anyway, making some of my first images with the lens, I grabbed a > quick shot of one of our workers on the assembly floor here at work. > He's an interesting looking fellow. In contrast to the title, this > image is in B&W (Soft Sepia) which I really like. For comparion, I > will also share the shot in the original color version. > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/13879751264/ > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/13879276863/in/photostream/ > > Comments and criticism welcome. (I will say that it is unfortunate > that the shop lights reflected in his glasses cut right across his > eye, but it was a quick grab shot to get a natural expression before > he could react to the camera being pointed at him.) > > -- > Photographers must learn not to be ashamed to have their photographs > look like photographs. > ~ Alfred Stieglitz > > -- > 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.
