Ken, I'm certain sure that one of those is a do-dad. J
----- Original Message ----- From: "Ken Waller" <[email protected]> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2015 9:39:23 AM Subject: Re: Sigma 170-500 Best image of a thing-a-ma-jig or watcha-ma-callit I've seen today ! -----Original Message----- >From: Collin B <[email protected]> >Subject: Sigma 170-500 > >Just picked one up a couple of days ago. Couldn't shoot yesterday b/c of >the rain. >Shot some hand-held at 500mm just a bit ago. This is a pretty decent zoom >lens. > >Though it is APO, at both 170mm & 500mm there is some fringing. I expect >that from a zoom. >Still, it resolves a great deal more detail than the 70-300 DG at similar >focal lengths. I can put up with that. >It's also a bit on the slow side, but at the price of a fast lens in this >length (is there one) I can live with that as well. > >https://www.flickr.com/photos/55001392@N08/albums/72157658877621379 > >OC500 == full-size crop just off-center at 500mm >Lp170 & lp500 == resized of full-frame at the respective focal length > >(Ok, I admit it. I'm a bit of a pixel-peeper. But I also got used to LF so >the compromises of miniature cameras still bothers me. Yes I maintain a 4x5 >to this day & my shoulder has gotten stronger this past year so I might >again look into a return to 8x10. That is, if I decide to stop >reading/writing as much as I do.) -- 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.
