It does look good, and you could clone out the donut bokeh. Big glass without the big price. Not a bad equation.
Paul On Apr 23, 2014, at 9:21 PM, Mark C <[email protected]> wrote: > That shot looks pretty good - the doughnut bokeh is not apparent until > pointed out. It is a very small pic but the bird looks to be reasonably sharp. > > On 4/23/2014 6:52 PM, P.J. Alling wrote: >> This was shot with it. >> >> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20theVictorII.html >> >> >> You can end up with some gaud awful donut bokeh, and there was just a little >> of that in the final image. Contrast is a little low, though not as low as >> some lesser Mirror teles, and a number of zooms I've used. On the other >> hand, there's a good amount of detail in well lighted subjects. I thought >> that the image of the Cardinal was pretty good. It would have been better >> but as I said in the Victor II post, course focusing was by ground glass, >> but I used the center sensor for fine focusing, and it picked the tiny >> branch in front of the bird not the bird itself. >> >> >> >> >> On 4/23/2014 5:12 PM, Charles Robinson wrote: >>> On Apr 23, 2014, at 15:03 , P.J. Alling <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Ok, so not really a PESO per se. It kind of feels /finally/ be able to >>>> use this lens on a camera with more or less modern image stabilization >>>> technology. I was really looking forward to doing that on the K20D but >>>> only after receiving that body did Pentax's true treachery become apparent. >>>> >>>> Lugging this around is a bit more discrete than a Canon 600mm L... >>>> As an acquaintance is wont to say it's not long but it's sure big around. >>>> >>>> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20bigglass.html >>>> >>> How's the image quality? I have a no-name 500mm mirror lens which is the >>> most god-awful, low-contrast, crap focus-quality thing I've ever owned. >>> I'm not sure why I haven't already dropped it in the driveway and run over >>> it a few times. Worst $35 on a used lens I ever spent (20 years ago and >>> still not one usable image from it). >>> >>> -Charles >>> >>> -- >>> Charles Robinson - [email protected] >>> Minneapolis, MN >>> http://charles.robinsontwins.org >>> http://www.facebook.com/charles.robinson >>> >>> >> >> > > > -- > 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.
