More gray skies today, but I may try to shoot a bit if it brightens up and I get a leg up on work. I didn't really want to buy the lens now because I can't use it much at this time of year, and I'm still trying to deal with the loss of my wife, but my biz needs the tax deduction. Personally, '15 was a very bad year, but my business grew substantially, and the end of the year is fast approaching.
Paul via phone > On Dec 15, 2015, at 5:38 AM, Alex Sarbu <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thank you; I might replace the 60-250 with this lens so I'm quite > interested in user feedback. > Most of the sharpness was lost by using ISO3200, but I won't be > nitpicking about some quick, first samples. I'm looking forward to > hear more impressions about this lens. > > Alex > > On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 11:03 PM, Paul Stenquist > <[email protected]> wrote: >> The 150-450 zoom arrived today. It’s dark and gloomy in Michigan and raining >> intermittently, so I resisted the urge to go looking for birds and instead >> set the fine focus adjustment, then took a couple of sample pics. My tests >> showed the lens was back focusing a bit, and a +4 setting brought it right >> in throughout the range. It’s built like a tank, there’s no wobble or >> looseness, and the zoom is as tight as any lens i’ve ever owned. (One >> reviewer mentioned zoom creep. If that ever was a problem, it’s definitely >> been resolved. You have to expend a fair amount of effort to change the >> focal length.) I shot some dead ferns off a tripod at 450mm, ISO 3200, f5.6, >> 1/60th. >> >> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18141845&size=lg >> >> Here’s a 100% crop of the area where I placed the focal point >> >> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18141846&size=lg >> >> Very pleased thus far. Can’t wait to try it out on some birdies. >> >> Paul >> -- >> 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.
