Birmingham Artsfest

Pentaxophile
Posted 11/09/2011 - 23:26 Link
A good opportunity to give my new K135mm f2.5 a spin on Saturday, as the city centre was overtaken with performances and art related shenanigans. And the usual street preachers

All images with the K135mm wide-open with the camera in Av mode, exept one which was taken with the DA15mm Ltd.

I'm really pleased with what the 135mm delivered. Next time I will go into machine gun mode a bit more, as focussing was a bit tricky and a lot of shots were a bit out.

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Edited by Pentaxophile: 11/09/2011 - 23:38
cabstar
Posted 11/09/2011 - 23:41 Link
Is this the non smc version???
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Pentaxophile
Posted 11/09/2011 - 23:48 Link
No it's the SMC one.
Edited by Pentaxophile: 12/09/2011 - 00:13
cabstar
Posted 12/09/2011 - 02:12 Link
Ah did wonder...

Number 10 is excellent
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ReklawyksEkul
Posted 12/09/2011 - 02:26 Link
fantastic sharp images open wide.
love the last image
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Smeggypants
Posted 12/09/2011 - 02:59 Link
I love the depth shooting wid3e open gives. Works great with these pics!


I wish someone would make a 135/1.4
[i]Bodies: 1x K-5IIs, 2x K-5, Sony TX-5, Nokia 808
Lenses: Pentax DA 10-17mm ED(IF) Fish Eye, Pentax DA 14mm f/2.8, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8, Pentax-A 28mm f/2.8, Sigma 30mm F1.4 EX DC, Pentax-A 50mm f/1.2, Pentax-A 50mm f/1.4, Pentax-FA 50mm f/1.4, Pentax-A 50mm f/1.7, Pentax DA* 50-135mm f/2.8, Sigma 135-400mm APO DG, and more ..
Flash: AF-540FGZ, Vivitar 283
Pentaxophile
Posted 12/09/2011 - 14:03 Link
Thanks Smeggy, Gary and Iqbal. Gary, coming from a gig-photography expert such as yourself, that comment has made my day!
cabstar
Posted 12/09/2011 - 16:54 Link
Cool ))
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Pentaxophile
Posted 18/09/2011 - 01:37 Link
I managed to track down the band in the last few pics, and offered them the free use of the shots so long as they credit me. Very pleased to say they really liked the shots, and have said they will contact me for a paid shoot next time they're performing in town.
aliengrove
Posted 18/09/2011 - 10:03 Link
Nice shots, the first one is my favourite, #10 is great as well. Well done on getting the gig to photograph their next gig!

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