Re: It's a great lens, but not what I bought it for
On Nov 23, 2010, at 10:58 AM, Cotty wrote: > On 23/11/10, Christian Skofteland, discombobulated, unleashed: > >> A 500/4 makes a nice portrait lens. > > Now that's just plain mean. No Cotty, Mean is what you do to innocent lenses. > -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: It's a great lens, but not what I bought it for
On 23/11/10, Christian Skofteland, discombobulated, unleashed: >A 500/4 makes a nice portrait lens. Now that's just plain mean. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: It's a great lens, but not what I bought it for
I originally bought the FA135 2,8 for portraits but it was too long. Now I find it useful for nature photography and urban shooting -Original Message- From: "Ken Waller" Sender: pdml-boun...@pdml.net Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2010 11:37:12 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: It's a great lens, but not what I bought it for Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: "Christian Skofteland" Subject: Re: It's a great lens, but not what I bought it for > On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 03:24:50PM -0800, Larry Colen wrote: >> When I bought my sigma 20/1.8, the intention was to use it for indoor, >> low light, dance photography. For various reasons, mostly involving >> manual focus, it hasn't proven to be as good for that as I had hoped. On >> the other hand, I'm finding it very handy as a wide angle macro lens. For >> example, a lot of the time that I'm shooting mushrooms, to get the angle >> I want, I need to be very close to the subject because roots of the >> stump, or the ground, is in the way if I'm trying to use a longer lens. >> >> Does anybody else have lenses that they bought for one use, that they >> later found are much better for something else entirely? >> >> -- > > A 500/4 makes a nice portrait lens. I've used the 600, with success, as a landscape lens. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: It's a great lens, but not what I bought it for
Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: "Christian Skofteland" Subject: Re: It's a great lens, but not what I bought it for On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 03:24:50PM -0800, Larry Colen wrote: When I bought my sigma 20/1.8, the intention was to use it for indoor, low light, dance photography. For various reasons, mostly involving manual focus, it hasn't proven to be as good for that as I had hoped. On the other hand, I'm finding it very handy as a wide angle macro lens. For example, a lot of the time that I'm shooting mushrooms, to get the angle I want, I need to be very close to the subject because roots of the stump, or the ground, is in the way if I'm trying to use a longer lens. Does anybody else have lenses that they bought for one use, that they later found are much better for something else entirely? -- A 500/4 makes a nice portrait lens. I've used the 600, with success, as a landscape lens. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: It's a great lens, but not what I bought it for
On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 03:24:50PM -0800, Larry Colen wrote: > When I bought my sigma 20/1.8, the intention was to use it for indoor, low > light, dance photography. For various reasons, mostly involving manual > focus, it hasn't proven to be as good for that as I had hoped. On the other > hand, I'm finding it very handy as a wide angle macro lens. For example, a > lot of the time that I'm shooting mushrooms, to get the angle I want, I need > to be very close to the subject because roots of the stump, or the ground, is > in the way if I'm trying to use a longer lens. > > Does anybody else have lenses that they bought for one use, that they later > found are much better for something else entirely? > > -- A 500/4 makes a nice portrait lens. -- Christian - http://404notfound.blogspot.com http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: It's a great lens, but not what I bought it for
Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: "eckinator" Subject: Re: It's a great lens, but not what I bought it for 2010/11/20 Ken Waller : Yep. I bought my 600 FA for wildlife photography and found it was much better for other people to carry. Send it on over. You'd be amazed how well I carry lenses. I promise to return it in EXC (EXpertly Carried) condition the very moment my arms get weak! No, No, No - you'll have to come over here and be at my beck & call for when I use it. ;+} -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: It's a great lens, but not what I bought it for
Tamron 90/2.5 macro. Bought it as a Macro to replace the 90/2.8 AF Macro I'd foolishly sold, ended up using it almost entirely as a regular short telephoto (which it's brilliant at). -Adam On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 6:24 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > When I bought my sigma 20/1.8, the intention was to use it for indoor, low > light, dance photography. For various reasons, mostly involving manual > focus, it hasn't proven to be as good for that as I had hoped. On the other > hand, I'm finding it very handy as a wide angle macro lens. For example, a > lot of the time that I'm shooting mushrooms, to get the angle I want, I need > to be very close to the subject because roots of the stump, or the ground, is > in the way if I'm trying to use a longer lens. > > Does anybody else have lenses that they bought for one use, that they later > found are much better for something else entirely? > > -- > Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: It's a great lens, but not what I bought it for
2010/11/20 Ken Waller : > > Yep. I bought my 600 FA for wildlife photography and found it was much > better for other people to carry. Send it on over. You'd be amazed how well I carry lenses. I promise to return it in EXC (EXpertly Carried) condition the very moment my arms get weak! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: It's a great lens, but not what I bought it for
The K-5 might be better wit the Sigma 30/1.4. I may be able to get decent at 2.8 or 3.5 at higher ISO. But once you have the 28/2 Zeiss and 31/1.8 Pentax, things go back to normal and better. The Sigma 30/1.4 seems like good choice for the outdoor papparazi. Center forcuses well, but not te perimeter. Jeffery On Nov 19, 2010, at 7:42 PM, Tim Bray wrote: > What killed the Sigma 30/1.4 for me was the better noise processing in > Lightroom 3. I'd rather shoot at high ISO with the sweeter, lighter > Pentax primes and just live-with/fix-up the noise. -T > > On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 4:11 PM, Jeffery Smith > wrote: >> The same experience with the Sigma 30/1.4. I bought it to shoot indoors at >> wide open aperture. Not very good. Much better outdoors at 5.6. >> Unfortunately, it's big and heavy, and Pentax makes a 31 that is smaller and >> better wide open. >> >> Right now, the 30/1.4 is a body cap for my K100. >> >> Jeffery >> >> On Nov 19, 2010, at 5:24 PM, Larry Colen wrote: >> >>> When I bought my sigma 20/1.8, the intention was to use it for indoor, low >>> light, dance photography. For various reasons, mostly involving manual >>> focus, it hasn't proven to be as good for that as I had hoped. On the >>> other hand, I'm finding it very handy as a wide angle macro lens. For >>> example, a lot of the time that I'm shooting mushrooms, to get the angle I >>> want, I need to be very close to the subject because roots of the stump, or >>> the ground, is in the way if I'm trying to use a longer lens. >>> >>> Does anybody else have lenses that they bought for one use, that they later >>> found are much better for something else entirely? >>> >>> -- >>> Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> PDML@pdml.net >>> 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 >> PDML@pdml.net >> 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 > PDML@pdml.net > 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 PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: It's a great lens, but not what I bought it for
You need to capture some of the wildlife, then you'll have a pack animal. -T On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 9:05 PM, Ken Waller wrote: > > Kenneth Waller > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller > > - Original Message - From: "Larry Colen" > > Subject: It's a great lens, but not what I bought it for > > >> When I bought my sigma 20/1.8, the intention was to use it for indoor, low >> light, dance photography. For various reasons, mostly involving manual >> focus, it hasn't proven to be as good for that as I had hoped. On the other >> hand, I'm finding it very handy as a wide angle macro lens. For example, a >> lot of the time that I'm shooting mushrooms, to get the angle I want, I need >> to be very close to the subject because roots of the stump, or the ground, >> is in the way if I'm trying to use a longer lens. >> >> Does anybody else have lenses that they bought for one use, that they >> later found are much better for something else entirely? > > Yep. I bought my 600 FA for wildlife photography and found it was much > better for other people to carry. > >> >> -- >> Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > 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 PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: It's a great lens, but not what I bought it for
Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: "Larry Colen" Subject: It's a great lens, but not what I bought it for When I bought my sigma 20/1.8, the intention was to use it for indoor, low light, dance photography. For various reasons, mostly involving manual focus, it hasn't proven to be as good for that as I had hoped. On the other hand, I'm finding it very handy as a wide angle macro lens. For example, a lot of the time that I'm shooting mushrooms, to get the angle I want, I need to be very close to the subject because roots of the stump, or the ground, is in the way if I'm trying to use a longer lens. Does anybody else have lenses that they bought for one use, that they later found are much better for something else entirely? Yep. I bought my 600 FA for wildlife photography and found it was much better for other people to carry. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: It's a great lens, but not what I bought it for
What killed the Sigma 30/1.4 for me was the better noise processing in Lightroom 3. I'd rather shoot at high ISO with the sweeter, lighter Pentax primes and just live-with/fix-up the noise. -T On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 4:11 PM, Jeffery Smith wrote: > The same experience with the Sigma 30/1.4. I bought it to shoot indoors at > wide open aperture. Not very good. Much better outdoors at 5.6. > Unfortunately, it's big and heavy, and Pentax makes a 31 that is smaller and > better wide open. > > Right now, the 30/1.4 is a body cap for my K100. > > Jeffery > > On Nov 19, 2010, at 5:24 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > >> When I bought my sigma 20/1.8, the intention was to use it for indoor, low >> light, dance photography. For various reasons, mostly involving manual >> focus, it hasn't proven to be as good for that as I had hoped. On the other >> hand, I'm finding it very handy as a wide angle macro lens. For example, a >> lot of the time that I'm shooting mushrooms, to get the angle I want, I need >> to be very close to the subject because roots of the stump, or the ground, >> is in the way if I'm trying to use a longer lens. >> >> Does anybody else have lenses that they bought for one use, that they later >> found are much better for something else entirely? >> >> -- >> Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> 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 > PDML@pdml.net > 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 PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: It's a great lens, but not what I bought it for
On Nov 19, 2010, at 6:24 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > When I bought my sigma 20/1.8, the intention was to use it for indoor, low > light, dance photography. For various reasons, mostly involving manual > focus, it hasn't proven to be as good for that as I had hoped. On the other > hand, I'm finding it very handy as a wide angle macro lens. For example, a > lot of the time that I'm shooting mushrooms, to get the angle I want, I need > to be very close to the subject because roots of the stump, or the ground, is > in the way if I'm trying to use a longer lens. > > Does anybody else have lenses that they bought for one use, that they later > found are much better for something else entirely? Yes, I bought a Tamron 250-500/6.5 to shoot birds and found that it served better as a doorstop. Paul > > -- > Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > 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 PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: It's a great lens, but not what I bought it for
The same experience with the Sigma 30/1.4. I bought it to shoot indoors at wide open aperture. Not very good. Much better outdoors at 5.6. Unfortunately, it's big and heavy, and Pentax makes a 31 that is smaller and better wide open. Right now, the 30/1.4 is a body cap for my K100. Jeffery On Nov 19, 2010, at 5:24 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > When I bought my sigma 20/1.8, the intention was to use it for indoor, low > light, dance photography. For various reasons, mostly involving manual > focus, it hasn't proven to be as good for that as I had hoped. On the other > hand, I'm finding it very handy as a wide angle macro lens. For example, a > lot of the time that I'm shooting mushrooms, to get the angle I want, I need > to be very close to the subject because roots of the stump, or the ground, is > in the way if I'm trying to use a longer lens. > > Does anybody else have lenses that they bought for one use, that they later > found are much better for something else entirely? > > -- > Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > 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 PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: It's a great lens, but not what I bought it for
On 19 November 2010 18:24, Larry Colen wrote: > When I bought my sigma 20/1.8, the intention was to use it for indoor, low > light, dance photography. For various reasons, mostly involving manual > focus, it hasn't proven to be as good for that as I had hoped. On the other > hand, I'm finding it very handy as a wide angle macro lens. For example, a > lot of the time that I'm shooting mushrooms, to get the angle I want, I need > to be very close to the subject because roots of the stump, or the ground, is > in the way if I'm trying to use a longer lens. > > Does anybody else have lenses that they bought for one use, that they later > found are much better for something else entirely? > > -- > Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est I boutght a 24mm f/2 for low light shooting that ended up being used as a paper weight. Does that count? —M. \/\/o/\/\ --> http://WorldOfMiserere.com http://EnticingTheLight.com A Quest for Photographic Enlightenment -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
It's a great lens, but not what I bought it for
When I bought my sigma 20/1.8, the intention was to use it for indoor, low light, dance photography. For various reasons, mostly involving manual focus, it hasn't proven to be as good for that as I had hoped. On the other hand, I'm finding it very handy as a wide angle macro lens. For example, a lot of the time that I'm shooting mushrooms, to get the angle I want, I need to be very close to the subject because roots of the stump, or the ground, is in the way if I'm trying to use a longer lens. Does anybody else have lenses that they bought for one use, that they later found are much better for something else entirely? -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
