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First from the Sigma 17-50 OS HSM
Thanks for the comments. Very small noise reduction with Neat Image. I'll post the first and last again without noise reduction. Originals were not bad as there is was enough light. The focus does seem faster than the 16-50 but not by a huge amount. Maybe due to this lens having a small focus thr...
Posted by K10D on 15/02/2011 - 21:24
First from the Sigma 17-50 OS HSM
Cheers K10d, So £100 more and "it is optically worse and more expensive than the Sigma." any confirmations? Bare in mind I have the 16-50 SDM (although its away for repair). He is not happy with it. from Photozone: "Verdict It is difficult to find a final verdict for the Pentax SMC DA...
Posted by K10D on 18/02/2011 - 05:46
First from the Sigma 17-50 OS HSM
I think the less you read, and less you know, the easier the choices get. Ignorance is bliss. However, another cheer for the kit lens. I guess the Sigma is not WR. To be fair, the review is 2 years old and he references that he may have had a poor copy. But with the recent K-5 issues Pent...
Posted by dougf8 on 18/02/2011 - 06:11
first outing with the 35mm lens
No Tim , not confident in Manual so avoid it when I'm out for a wander like this . I moved my body very slightly - it was at a slightly different angle and the sun was to my left in both pics . If you compare the position of the flowers you can see that the 2 pics vary slightly. Don OK back to...
Posted by techno-terminator on 15/02/2011 - 16:38
first outing with the 35mm lens
Hmm John you may have got something there . :oops: Between the 2 pics I had taken some shots of the weir - some good, some bad and then took one more of the 2 flowers - why they were there I can't imagine . I'd moved about 2 feet to my left for the weir then back again and just decided to take...
Posted by techno-terminator on 15/02/2011 - 17:05
first outing with the 35mm lens
No Tim , not confident in Manual so avoid it when I'm out for a wander like this . I moved my body very slightly - it was at a slightly different angle and the sun was to my left in both pics . If you compare the position of the flowers you can see that the 2 pics vary slightly. Don OK back to...
Posted by Don on 15/02/2011 - 17:08
first outing with the 35mm lens
The water shot was a tricky one to expose properly because of the difference in brightness in the scene. In an ideal world, you could have used a graduated neutral-density filter (with the dark bit at the bottom) to darken the water, bringing it closer in tone to the land. Alternativly, you could ha...
Posted by Aero on 17/02/2011 - 14:10
Rugby Fans - Scotland v. Wales
I did mention in the original post I was using a K-5 with Tamron 17-50mm f/2.8 lens. I saved up for 6 or 7 months to get this camera and lens so I can't afford to splash out on another lens until probably April or May. I think I was probably working at the full 50mm for most of the above shots. R...
Posted by MarkTaylor on 17/02/2011 - 18:33
Rugby Fans - Scotland v. Wales
Thanks for the tips. I did take some shots wide open that day but they turned out not to be among the best. I'm still getting used to how much depth of field I can get at different focal lengths and aperture settings, so for these shots I was tending to err on the side of caution i.e. wanting to mak...
Posted by MarkTaylor on 19/02/2011 - 22:36
Rugby Fans - Scotland v. Wales
Metering is your friend. Shoot in manual, have ae set to focus point then whatever you focus on the meter will read of that point, set your aperture to 2.8 then adjust the shutter speed like wise. You don't need another lens you just need to move your feet closer to the subject, oh & cropping ...
Posted by cabstar on 20/02/2011 - 03:06
Rugby Fans - Scotland v. Wales
Shoot in manual, have ae set to focus point then whatever you focus on the meter will read of that point, set your aperture to 2.8 then adjust the shutter speed like wise. Is there an advantage to this method over shoting in aperture priority mode? practice practice practice, you have a cracking ...
Posted by MarkTaylor on 20/02/2011 - 10:34
Moon K5 and 55-300 plus 1.4 extender
I have a nasty feeling that when I first attached the 1.7 (I think with the 55-300) something flashed up on the screen (K5) which I ignored. Can I go back in to reinput the FL:?:
Posted by ISO on 18/02/2011 - 11:24
Moon K5 and 55-300 plus 1.4 extender
Easier to just switch camera off and then back on.
Posted by Mike-P on 18/02/2011 - 11:29
Moon K5 and 55-300 plus 1.4 extender
Thats what I set mine for when using 300mm. Anyway, back to Roys moon shot .... :wink:
Posted by Mike-P on 18/02/2011 - 11:51
Testing the 18-135mm
looks good mike, whats the af like, getting your mojo back.:wink:
Posted by pentaxanne on 16/02/2011 - 14:40
Squirrel: Do you mind if i stay here?
Judging by the size of that one I think it eats legs as well as nuts. In many places people live in fear of zombies... but not here in Winnipeg, where most of the year the sub zero temps make sure any non living beings remain frozen slabs of immobile meat. But those things terrify me! incredibly br...
Posted by Don on 17/02/2011 - 17:55
Kingfisher Diving Sequence - Tamron 500mm
There is a little man made stream that runs through our compound, not more than 18 inches (ca. 45cm) deep anywhere except where it empties into a pool containing huge goldfish. However that doesn't deter a pair of Kingfishers from coming here to fish (and I've spotted them for at least the last 3-4 ...
Posted by Frogfish on 18/02/2011 - 21:12
Kingfisher Diving Sequence - Tamron 500mm
Nice set - a very difficult fast moving subject. Was that a 500mm Tammy mirror? Yes it was. 500mm, fixed f8, manual focus of course .... but the Tammy has a fantastically smooooth focus ring, the best I've ever come across.
Posted by Frogfish on 18/02/2011 - 21:34
Kingfisher Diving Sequence - Tamron 500mm
Thanks Gareth. BTW - just so people know how to tell them apart. The female is the one with the red patch on her lower mandible. The male's is all black .... and he was the one sitting back watching the wife catch dinner.
Posted by Frogfish on 19/02/2011 - 16:48
Water theme
Full moon rising above Rockingham Pentax 100mm Macro, K7 Serpentine Dam Sigma 17-50, K7 Mundaring Weir Sigma 17-50, K7 The weir holds back CY O'connor Lake Sigma 17-50, K7 Along the top of the Weir Sigma 17-50, K7 A long day and 250Km covered to get to these wate...
Posted by K10D on 19/02/2011 - 13:53
