Like you, Larry, I almost always use my FA 100 f 2.8 for real Macro. I find that the DA 35 mm F 2.8 Maro Limited is the lens I am using most theses days for non-macro shots, including all those icicles.
Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery <https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery>* On Sun, Feb 14, 2021 at 2:09 AM Larry Colen <l...@red4est.com> wrote: > Rather than hiking in the redwood forest in the state park (Fall Creek), I > went for a walk in the chaparral in the county park halfway around my > block (Quail Hollow). As it turns out, once I put the DFA 50 macro on the > K-1 it stayed there for the rest of the afternoon. When I bought it, all I > had was an APS sensor body, and it was an awkward focal length, and the DA > 35 made an excellent go for a walk in the woods lens. When I’m > specifically shooting macro I almost always use the DFA-100, unless I want > a wide AoV for the background, in which case I’ll use the sigma 20, so I > don’t tend to think of the 50. > On my walk in Fall Creek yesterday, I found myself switching a lot between > the DFA 100 and the 35/1.4 so I thought I’d give the 50 a try today. It > really does work quite well as a walkaround lens, particularly in the woods. > > At one point there were some backlit berry leaves that had mostly turned > red. > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/50941595606/in/album-72157718285290357/ > > If anybody is interested in the rest of my walk: > https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72157718285290357 > > The manzanita was quite interesting, many of the plants were somewhere > between, buds, flowers and berries, so the macro got quite the workout. > > > -- > Larry Colen > l...@red4est.com > > > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
