Thanks, Bob. I'm steadfastly keeping with that kind of approach, despite my theoretical support for the use of Lensbaby kinds of lenses. A Lensbaby was on my wishlist for a long time but I never got one as I felt my gear money would be better spent elsewhere. Books, most likely. :)
On Tue, Apr 7, 2015 at 4:51 PM, Bob Sullivan <[email protected]> wrote: > Bruce, > Yes, that's true. But... > I'd rather see what you did of the singers at the restaurant. > Not always technically perfect, but great photos - overcoming difficulties. > Regards, Bob S. > > On Tue, Apr 7, 2015 at 3:38 PM, Bruce Walker <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Tue, Apr 7, 2015 at 4:31 PM, Charles Robinson <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> On Apr 7, 2015, at 12:46 , John <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Ran across this one while wandering around the web. >>>> >>>> http://lensbaby.com/usa/velvet56.php >>>> >>>> 56mm f/1.6 manual focus. Seems to be reasonably priced. >>>> >>>> Generally I wouldn't mention such except that it is one of the few I've >>>> seen that IS available in Pentax K-mount. >>>> >>>> Start's shipping 13 April. >>>> >>> >>> I've never understood the appeal of the "Lensbaby" line.. >>> >>> Isn't it just a way to get "Instamatic" quality shots from your >>> multi-thousand dollar digital setup? What is the appeal? >> >> Are you saying that is wrong? >> >> If you buy the same camera that everyone does, and use the same lenses >> that everyone does, using the best technically perfect techniques that >> (almost) everyone does, then aside from your unique viewpoint and >> subject, you'll get the same looking shots as everyone does. >> >> What if you want to stand out from the crowd; look different? Then >> change one of the constants in the chain. >> >> It's that simple. >> >> -- >> -bmw >> >> -- >> 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. -- -bmw -- 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.
