Well, it would be appreciated, but I expect others will soon be happily flaunting this lens tauntingly.
J Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 15, 2015, at 2:59 PM, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: > > Well, when I can shoot some pics I will post them. Still socked in with gray > skies and lots of work. > > Paul via phone > >> On Dec 15, 2015, at 5:52 PM, Jack Davis <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> OK, but in this this case, >> listers will >> be hoping to make a realistic judgment of the lens' practical performance. >> >> J >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Dec 15, 2015, at 2:37 PM, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> I’ve found that K3 images in general require very little sharpening, >>> depending on the lens of course. This seemed particularly true in >>> comparison to K5 images. However, I always do some sharpening when working >>> on a photo for presentation. I work for a best subjective look, but do it >>> at 100% on my 2560 x 1440 monitor. But for testing purposes, I don’t >>> sharpen. That’s particularly important when shooting for fine focus >>> adjustment. Being able to clearly differentiate the difference in sharpness >>> is helpful. Here, I wanted to see exactly what the lens and sensor could >>> accomplish on their own. That being said there’s some default sharpening in >>> a photoshop RAW conversion. Mine is set at Adobe’s default value, whatever >>> that may be. >>>> On Dec 15, 2015, at 5:02 PM, Jack Davis <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Paul, >>>> I recall your mentioning not having done any sharpening to the 150-450 >>>> examples you posted. >>>> I think that some moderate sharpening certainly and even a tad of ERC >>>> "clarify" would be >>>> reasonable and more realistic. >>>> I believe it's intended that digital images be sharpened. >>>> >>>> J >>>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: "Paul Stenquist" <[email protected]> >>>> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> >>>> Sent: Monday, December 14, 2015 1:03:01 PM >>>> Subject: DFA 150-450, first impression >>>> >>>> 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. >> >> -- >> 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.
