I had, also, read the 50mm was initially chosen for the reason Ann suggested. Sharp pigeon catch!
J Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 17, 2016, at 1:17 PM, ann sanfedele <[email protected]> wrote: > > Well you are barking mad of course we all know that... > The pigeon is so perfectly placed he looks not quite real - like a decoy > almost... > But even though it is you saying so, I'll believe he is realand say "good > grab" :-) > > I love 50mm views... Read somewhere once that looking through an SLR 50 mm > lens > was the closest to the natural proportions the human eye seeswhen not looking > through > a viewfinder. > > ann > >> On 4/17/2016 1:24 PM, Steve Cottrell wrote: >> Sat outside in the back garden on a bright chilly day doing some lens >> testing with the Tokina AT-X 90mm 2.5 Macro and a large pigeon landed in >> the apple tree about 12 feet from me. Just long enough to swing the >> camera up, manually focus using the excellent peaking assist (already >> set to f/5.6 and 200 ISO, IS on) and fire 2 shots before he decided he >> hadn't surveyed his landing site properly and I was too close for his >> comfort. This is the first shot. >> >> <http://www.seeingeye.tv/PESO/peso010.html> >> >> Pen F + Tokina 90/2.5 >> Minimal crop, slight levels adjust, slight saturation increase. >> >> >> -------------------------------- >> I am re-assessing my lens requirements. Boris is absolutely right in >> that the Voigtlander Heliar 15/4.5 is far too slow to be a useful >> general purpose lens (one to you Boris!) and I think I might sell it. >> Thing is, it is a lovely landscape wide angle on APS-C and so I might >> just hang onto it in case... >> >> I've snagged an M50/1.4 off eekbay for 60 quid, waiting for that to >> arrive. Portrait lens on a half-frame sensor. >> >> When I had Pentax film cameras, I never got into 50mm lenses, finding >> the angle of view neither here nor there. I had a 28mm which I loved, >> and the other way you were into telephoto territory. Now, with my Pentax >> 24/2.8 on a half-frame sensor, it gives an image like a 50mm, and am >> actually enjoying it. >> >> So the question is, do I replace the 15/4 with something like the Oly >> 17/2.8? It's pricey, and actually I have always favoured a wider angle >> as a general purpose lens. So I might consider the Oly 12/2 (which gives >> an angle of view like a 24mm lens on a full-frame camera). But although >> it has manual focus override, it's still an electronic lens with no >> aperture ring. >> >> Then I came across some reviews for the Samyang 12mm f/2 which point to >> a good value for money lens. It's about 250 GBP which is a lot cheaper >> than the Voigtlander 10.5mm f/.95 at 900 GBP!! The angle of view on half- >> frame means it will act like a 24mm lens - ideal for my idea of a >> 'general purpose' lens. That is, a lens that I would normally default >> to, leaving it on the camera as it is picked up to be used. >> >> I'm seriously tempted by the Samyang. I'm building up a kit that relies >> on manual focus and manual aperture. This requires forethought in >> setting up for photographing, a good challenge for me! The picture of >> the pigeon would be so easy to get with an auto-everything cam/lens >> combo, and when I used to have EOS 1D gear with IS lenses and machine- >> gun capability I did all that, and it was fun, but now..... >> >> The satisfaction of achieving a similar photograph with a simple and >> basic setup (not even a zoom lens) is high. I felt like I'd actually >> used skill and judgement in getting a decent image [of the pigeon] and >> so in a way the photo is almost a 'reward' for effort. I find this much >> more satisfying as I get a little older now. >> >> My son thinks I'm barking mad. But hey. > > > -- > 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.
