His good nature shines through! J Sent from my iPhone
> On Jan 20, 2016, at 1:11 PM, P.J. Alling <[email protected]> wrote: > > Boz is a good-natured gentleman of my acquaintance. I actually think I > captured that aspect of his personality in this photo. > > https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20Boz.html > > Equipment: Pentax K-5II w/Sigma Zoom 70-210mm f4.0~5.6 UC-II. > > In continuance of my mini review of the 70-210mm, I think my original > impression that it's not quite as good as the Pentax F 70-210mm is born out. > It is in fact the first lens I've had that doesn't seem to have the ability > to out resolve the sensor I've paired it with. That being said, it's still > not bad. At full resolution, (wide open), I can't pick out individual eye > lashes and the knit in his cap is a bit soft even after a judicious amount of > sharpening. At reasonable levels of enlargement the the overall image seems > to be quite nice. I wouldn't hesitate to make an 8x10 or even 11x14 print > from this file. I even expected a bit more flare but I didn't notice an > untoward amount of that. > > I still haven't found a lot of documentation on the lens but using e-bay as a > benchmark, one should be able to acquire this lens for under $40.00 quite a > few were going begging for much less, though in other than K mount. It's not > a lens to turn one's nose up at, at those prices. > > The sad part is based on it's performance so far, it's too good to sell for > the market rate, and would stay home if I could find another decent condition > F 70-210mm. > > As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored. > > -- > I don't want to achieve immortality through my work; I want to achieve > immortality through not dying. > -- Woody Allen > > > -- > 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.
