Dusting off the DA55-300

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kh1234567890 kh1234567890

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14 years
Manchester

Posted 23/06/2014 - 11:03 Link

Perhaps I should use it more instead of the DA50-200WR ...

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Edited by kh1234567890: 23/06/2014 - 11:08

Blaze Blaze

248 posts
15 years
Maine et Loire,
France

Posted 23/06/2014 - 11:08 Link

Love the colours Nice bokeh in the first shot, and heat waves in the second.

I've just gone through the same thought process - easy to forget that it's a darned good lens when I've been using the 70-200 . The DA 55-300 is a cracker for street people shots.

Edited by Blaze: 23/06/2014 - 11:10

tyronet2000 tyronet2000

4862 posts
15 years
Northumberland

Posted 23/06/2014 - 18:10 Link

I like these candid shots and they've inspired me to use the 55-300mm more

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Stan

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kh1234567890 kh1234567890

381 posts
14 years
Manchester

Posted 23/06/2014 - 20:26 Link

Thanks.

I've not used it much on this K-5ii. On a K-7 AF tended to be a bit erratic. I set it up on the K-5ii, +2 AF fine tune tweak at infinity seems to have made all the difference. I still got a few misses, but these were all due to me not waiting long enough for the SR to lock in. At 300mm handheld I need it

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McGregNi McGregNi

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Surrey,
England

Posted 23/06/2014 - 22:01 Link

I particularly like the good exposure control which is well optimised for the skin tones ... Do you have 'ae linked to af point' in the custom menu kh?

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Edited by McGregNi: 23/06/2014 - 22:02

kh1234567890 kh1234567890

381 posts
14 years
Manchester

Posted 24/06/2014 - 00:09 Link

McGregNi wrote:
I particularly like the good exposure control which is well optimised for the skin tones ... Do you have 'ae linked to af point' in the custom menu kh?

Not much point since I centre focus and recompose - old habits die hard. I use Silkypix Pro 6 for post-processing which makes it pretty easy to tweak the mids to be right.

Just trust the camera, let it rip and pick the best one

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McGregNi McGregNi

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Surrey,
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Posted 24/06/2014 - 10:06 Link

I was thinking that that custom setting would still have some effect even on the centre point. I guess the centre is already quite strongly biased in the matrix pattern, but activating the setting would increase this bias even more, which could be helpful in certain shooting situations i was thinking.