Two fer' One

Cropped this straight from the corner of the JPG file.
I haven't looked at the DNG to see if it's any sharper.

Pentax K-5 + F 24-50mm f/4 Zoom
100ISO 1/160th at f/8 at 50mm

Slight crop




and the crop




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Nice shot. Lots going on here.

I think it is a post to show the quality of the lens rather than the quality of the shot. And a nice sharp lens it appears to be.

Yeah I know, but I like this sort of shot, inadvertently capturing a story. Did he know he was being photographed? How long had the driver been asleep!? The mother with her kids enjoying a random slice of countryside in, I'm guessing, the middle of St Helens. And yeah, its a nice sharp bit of glass

Thanks, it was a bit of both. I was attracted to the woman feeding
the horse first and then heard a train coming so waited until it
entered the frame. I tried to include the cars which were
actually crawling towards the traffic lights. I was surprised
how much detail was in the corner where most lenses are usually
a bit soft..... This one is a bit soft at 24mm but at 50mm it's well up
to prime standards. I used to use this lens a lot on an SFXn

The building on the right is actually a car auction.

The original looks a lot better because you can see
the horses.

My wife has the FA 24-90 glued to her MZ-S. Even on 24x36 mm frame it is quite good in the corners.