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The 1d isnt a full frame body is it??? As for the D3 most paps are using in DX mode to take advantage of the crop field of view & the extra shooting speed. Most paps use the 1D & D3 for the rapid shooting mode. Most papping work isn't to heavy on quality either... Most are heavily cropped or snapped from so far away they are usually very pixelated...

If you ever watch a pap at work most of it is press the shutter button, keep it on & move.... The 1D & d3 are excellent for this...

I know a lot of pros who use both ff & crop sensors, reason??? Simply for the FOV on crop sensor body, stick a 400mm f4 & it becomes a 600mm fov, price between a ff body & 600mm compared to a crop sensor & 400mm a few £k's

FF does one job, crop bodies do another, if you need ff then get a different system to compliment what you have, but all this I am selling up for ff gear is getting a little tiresome to be honest... If you want to sell then sell, but don't whine about it...

Having spent the summer at major festivals & shows I haven't had to use the DA 35mm for any shows & I have had messages asking how this lens does & haven't been able to answer.

So I can report i really like this lens for small stage gig photography, the FOV is perfect for 3/4 length portraits & also makes for interesting landscape shots. The focussing of the lens is very fast with the K-5 & makes a formidable combination. I also used a UWinka lens hood from here which clips on rather than screws & does the job fine.

The colouring rendering of lens is pleasing to the eye & contrast is good. The festival shots are from a very green festival so most of the lighting is LED which as most will know is a total pain in the butt, however I am pleased to say the K-5 handled it really well.

So on with the shots...

Thanks for all the comments.

I wanted to keep these as raw as possible to show what was going on around the scene, so did no cropping & very little post processing. I think there was just a little white balance correction & some of the skies in some where pulled back due to being over exposed.

The lighting changed really rapidly through the afternoon from bright sunshine to blacked out skies!!!

Will be posting my first gig shots using this lens soon...

Yes the framing is on purpose, I wanted the set to look similar but the people different to show the diversity of people at music festivals, also made room for my logo

Brilliant framing, the clouds are great too, looks like you chose your moment well with clouds wrapping around the building...

Peter beat me to it, exactly what I was going to say...

I started of with 2.4 I think but the sun was so bright so stopepd down to f/4, then when the dark clouds came over opened up again to 2.4. A couple where shot at f/8, the top images was shot at f/8 as the scroll wheel had been rubbing on my jeans & moved it to f/8, due to the bright sun I didn't notice until afterwards. Thankfully I was shooting on AV so body worked it out really well...

As for approaching people, I found it really easy as the majority of people where fine, a few asked why??? So I commented on their coloured hair or their hat etc... Some even said I don't take a good photo so I laughed & said that's ok because I do. Everyone was pleased with their photo when I chimped it to them...

Don't forget the LG IPS 23 monitor which uses the same panel as the Dell but uses a different backlighting...

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