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The example isn't a one-off. It's what the thing does every time when your depth of interest is around ten feet. The important DoF will emerge sharp as you like but in front of it and behind look like an intentional camera movement contest. Photograph a cathedral and you can see what the stone saint in his niche had for dinner when you crop it but this sort of thing usually ends up messy.

Comment by davidwozhere posted on FA* 300 f4.5 wide open. at 09/04/2023 - 23:03

Here is a DA*300 example that is almost directly comparable to those taken at f4.5 above. Just look at the ridiculous mess on that hedge. Even Topaz gave up on it. The hedge is about 3feet wide across its top.

Comment by davidwozhere posted on FA* 300 f4.5 wide open. at 08/04/2023 - 02:14

I find the DA* produces the most annoying artefacts in its bokeh. If, for example you have a twiggy hedge in the background or the foreground it simply can't cope with it. If you want (say) a railway engine 200 yards away it's great. If you want clean detail then the FA trumps it every time. I expect a LOT more from a £1000+ lens than this - example below ....

Comment by davidwozhere posted on FA* 300 f4.5 wide open. at 08/04/2023 - 01:54

This beats the astro pics, surely?

Comment by davidwozhere posted on Waiting for the Stars. at 08/04/2023 - 01:49

I think the last but one has a bit too much crammed in but the remainder of them are really lovely. I know what you mean about using the older lenses even if the modern ones are 'superior'.

Comment by davidwozhere posted on Apple Blossom time at 08/04/2023 - 01:47

I put an FA* 300mm on the K1 the other day to take advantage of the sunshine. These are mainly wide open at f4.5.

1 Aspen catkins

2 Some almost spent blackthorn blossom

3 A garden escapee about to be smothered by cow parsley

4 The first tulip - (has already been posted in the main gallery)

5 and a grab shot - pity about the OOF branch to the right

Most taken with the aid of a tripod and IR release. All comments welcomed.

Comment by davidwozhere posted on FA* 300 f4.5 wide open. at 07/04/2023 - 01:01

What is the point in sending things to Pye when they simply send them on to Germany? At least we know the Germans take things seriously so why not cut out the middle man?

Comment by davidwozhere posted on The Value of Pye at 05/04/2023 - 23:17

Definitely different.

Comment by davidwozhere posted on An unexpected scene at 05/04/2023 - 01:20

I swear one of those little white dots is in a different place to where it was on the last picture.

Comment by davidwozhere posted on Is there a moon fetish here??? at 04/04/2023 - 00:54

Blessed daft things we try!

Comment by davidwozhere posted on PENTAX AF ADAPTER 1.7X at 04/04/2023 - 00:48

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