Chris.

A few more with I believe what you wanted to see.

The Geese I took one evening.

Two inside over Thanksgiving.

The street scene yesterday, same place as others posted.













Geese 1/100. F11.0. 250mm.
Woman inside building 1/40. F6.3. 250mm. Flash.
Inside building 1/40. F5.0. 18mm. Flash.
Street Scene. 1/50. F4.0. 18mm.
All hand held. RAW. Aperture. iPhoto.

Cheers, RG.

These are samples of 50 images I shot today using the K10D and the Tamron 18-250mm Di II Zoom Lens.

Shot RAW. Aperture. iPhoto.

I wanted to further test this lens with the camera set on full Auto. (A few of the same shots I also did with User Mode.)

The shot of the Horse Sign on the wall could only be taken from the sidewalk which included the wires. Would have to have stood in the middle of the street to get rid of the wires, too much traffic. Rather than resize the heck out of it I left the wires in. Just wanted to see if I could read the signature info on the bottom of the painting. I jacked the size of the image way up on the monitor, it looks very good to me.

I am going back to shoot these same locations with some of my other more expensive lenses and compare quality. It should be very interesting.

Comments on the performance of the K10D and this lens welcome.

Cheers, RG.

Chris.

Did you take all the images in Auto Mode ?

RG.

Camera-Specific Properties:

Equipment Make: PENTAX Corporation
Camera Model: PENTAX K10D
Camera Software: Adobe Photoshop CS3 Windows
Sensing Method: One-Chip Color Area
Color Filter Array Pattern: 638
Focal Length (35mm Equiv): 82 mm

Image-Specific Properties:

Image Orientation: Top, Left-Hand
Horizontal Resolution: 240 dpi
Vertical Resolution: 240 dpi
Image Created: 2007:11:28 10:50:47
Exposure Time: 1/160 sec
F-Number: f/14.0
Exposure Program: Creative
ISO Speed Rating: 200
Lens Aperture: f/14.0
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Metering Mode: Spot
Flash: No Flash, Compulsory
Focal Length: 55.00 mm
Color Space Information: Uncalibrated
Image Width: 900
Image Height: 572
Rendering: Normal
Exposure Mode: Auto
White Balance: Auto
Scene Capture Type: Standard
Contrast: Normal
Saturation: Normal
Sharpness: Normal
Subject Distance Range: Distant View

Other Properties:

Resolution Unit: i
Exif IFD Pointer: 220
Compression Scheme: JPEG Compression (Thumbnail)
Horizontal Resolution: 72 dpi
Vertical Resolution: 72 dpi
Resolution Unit: i
Offset to JPEG SOI: 742
Bytes of JPEG Data: 8161
Exif Version: 2.21
Image Generated: 2007:09:11 14:03:02
Image Digitized: 2007:09:11 14:03:02
Shutter Speed: 1/160 sec

Yes, new to blogs.

New to Pentax 5 months ago.

RG

http://ricehigh.blogspot.com/2007_10_01_archive.html

Lots of interesting info.

RG.

niblue.

Don't believe I want whisky from China either.

It's odd how little events pop up. I was getting a name put on a T Shirt the other day. This company does this on thousands and thousands of T Shirts, Jackets and Baseball hats they stock every year. The guy looked at my Fire Dept hat and asked what brand. I took it off and showed him. Oh, he said this is the best brand hat you can buy and it's made in Vietnam, that's real good, they do a great job. Just stay away from Chinese made Baseball hats, they are junk.

So maybe it's not all bad Pentax has some of their lenses made in Vietnam.

RG.

http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/china.htm

Go to above website for an interesting 2006 article by Ken Rockwell.

From my standpoint, I still look at labels and prefer to see Made in USA.
I know for a Camera/Lens product that has been impossible for years. In that case I prefer Made in Japan.

RG.

Getting boring and childish.

Don,

Boy the liberals are sure wringing hands tonight.

Nothing to do with racist (Just remember who is doing the name calling) You sure are a classy guy !!!!!!

Maybe if you had lived in LA for 32 years and been around these people you might have a different concept about them. Unlike you I worked with law enforcement for a very long time. You and others like you have no idea what goes on and percentages of crimes committed by whom.

I can take you to wonderful parts of LA, where you wouldn't survive five minutes and they are not white neighborhoods. I live in a town with no minorities, we also have virtually no crime, no gangs, no graffiti. The next town over has plenty of minorities, crime, gangs and lots of graffiti. I can name you town after town with the same situation. That just about sums it up.

So keep walking around with your rose colored glasses and your camera in liberal left wing Canada and enjoy your fairy tail life.

By the way before you start insulting people and calling them racist pigs, you may want to find out their ancestry !!

Realist yes. Racist no.

Also remember I quit this thread, only to be insulted twice by the usual lefties.

Good night and God Bless.

RG.

ericp.

I had stopped responding on this thread, but will not let this go by.

With a comment like that, it's like the pot calling the kettle black.

I stand by the facts, London is a hell hole of crime, caused mostly by your own home grown and imported minorities. I lived in London and surrounding areas for years before emigrating, then year after year during business trips watched it go to hell in a hand basket.

One other item, who the hell made you the freedom of speech monitor.

RG.