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Comment by johnwhit posted on Some from a young photographer at 11/07/2011 - 19:52
Now this is beginning to sound like a plan
A couple more from Saturday:
[IMG]http://i884.photobucket.com/albums/ac49/johnwhit24/Cheshire%20Steam/Driver.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i884.photobucket.com/albums/ac49/johnwhit24/Cheshire%20Steam/Chars_2.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i884.photobucket.com/albums/ac49/johnwhit24/Cheshire%20Steam/Girl.jpg[/IMG]
The girl you just couldn't miss, but Cliff didn't see her
[IMG]http://i884.photobucket.com/albums/ac49/johnwhit24/Cheshire%20Steam/Compo.jpg[/IMG]
Compo & Foggy:
John
A couple more from Saturday:
[IMG]http://i884.photobucket.com/albums/ac49/johnwhit24/Cheshire%20Steam/Driver.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i884.photobucket.com/albums/ac49/johnwhit24/Cheshire%20Steam/Chars_2.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i884.photobucket.com/albums/ac49/johnwhit24/Cheshire%20Steam/Girl.jpg[/IMG]
The girl you just couldn't miss, but Cliff didn't see her
[IMG]http://i884.photobucket.com/albums/ac49/johnwhit24/Cheshire%20Steam/Compo.jpg[/IMG]
Compo & Foggy:
John
Comment by johnwhit posted on Cheshire steam fair at 11/07/2011 - 19:34
EISA Award "European Zoom Lens 2010-2011"
Award citation of the EISA Jury:
"The Tamron SP70-300mm F4-5.6 Di VC USD is a very compact, comfortable and easy-to-use zoom lens. Its greatest asset is the razor-sharp image quality that makes full-frame photos look like medium-format images. The near-silent autofocus system makes the lens ideal for wildlife as well as street photography"
[IMG]http://i884.photobucket.com/albums/ac49/johnwhit24/Tamron-SP70-300mm-F4-5_6-Di-VC_USD.jpg[/IMG]
John
Award citation of the EISA Jury:
"The Tamron SP70-300mm F4-5.6 Di VC USD is a very compact, comfortable and easy-to-use zoom lens. Its greatest asset is the razor-sharp image quality that makes full-frame photos look like medium-format images. The near-silent autofocus system makes the lens ideal for wildlife as well as street photography"
[IMG]http://i884.photobucket.com/albums/ac49/johnwhit24/Tamron-SP70-300mm-F4-5_6-Di-VC_USD.jpg[/IMG]
John
Comment by johnwhit posted on Tamron AF 70-300mm VC USD - Poll at 11/07/2011 - 16:58
davidtrout wrote:
John, Whitby Goths Festival is a good place to practise people photography. The goths and various variety of punks are up for it. They don't go to enormous expense and care with their make up and fabulous costumes not be to photographed.
David
Sounds great David, TBH every goth I ever met seemed pretty amenable, they're a friendly lot, if a little eccentric maybe. Perhaps a few of us could share travel costs as It's quite a distance coast to coast.John, Whitby Goths Festival is a good place to practise people photography. The goths and various variety of punks are up for it. They don't go to enormous expense and care with their make up and fabulous costumes not be to photographed.
David
John
Comment by johnwhit posted on Cheshire steam fair at 11/07/2011 - 16:55
Blythman wrote:
Are you sure? The only advantage, assuming you have purchased a cheapy hood off ebay is quickshift.
John has mentioning speed on the K-5 v K20D. It is not relevant to your problem. Unless you have a K20D and will upgrade to the K-5 to get the best out of a new DA 55-300
I believe Rob is using a K-5, so no advantage to be gained there. Pentax are not on there own with QS either, if we could only have that new Tamron which supports FTM focusing in one shot AF...........I know I'm ranting now and it's not about to happen..............end of rantAre you sure? The only advantage, assuming you have purchased a cheapy hood off ebay is quickshift.
John has mentioning speed on the K-5 v K20D. It is not relevant to your problem. Unless you have a K20D and will upgrade to the K-5 to get the best out of a new DA 55-300
John
Comment by johnwhit posted on Lenses up to 300mm at 11/07/2011 - 15:44
Personally Shaun I think they were a good first attempt, for some reason the first image isn't showing here, but no matter. I've never been confortable with portraits despite having to perform the job in work on numerous occasions.
John
John
Comment by johnwhit posted on Go mad with Street Shots at 11/07/2011 - 15:35
Mannesty wrote:
Sigma DG IS HSM 150 - 500mm gets my vote. At under £600 from various sources, it's a steal.
Compact lensSigma DG IS HSM 150 - 500mm gets my vote. At under £600 from various sources, it's a steal.
John
Comment by johnwhit posted on Lenses up to 300mm at 11/07/2011 - 14:27
Tamron AF 70-300mm VC USD would be the ideal lens if they ever produced it in Pentax fitting, good review here:
http://www.photozone.de/canon-eos/592-tamron70300f456vceosapsc
Other than that DA*300/4 or DA*60-250/4 but they're a little on the heavy side IMHO
I started a poll here with limited response:
https://www.pentaxuser.com/forum/topic/tamron-af-70-300mm-vc-usd---poll-28046
.....and another here:
http://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/pentax-slr-lens-discussion/150034-tamron-auto...
John
http://www.photozone.de/canon-eos/592-tamron70300f456vceosapsc
Other than that DA*300/4 or DA*60-250/4 but they're a little on the heavy side IMHO
I started a poll here with limited response:
https://www.pentaxuser.com/forum/topic/tamron-af-70-300mm-vc-usd---poll-28046
.....and another here:
http://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/pentax-slr-lens-discussion/150034-tamron-auto...
John
Comment by johnwhit posted on Lenses up to 300mm at 11/07/2011 - 14:03
There was some talk of Whitby while we were there David, IIRC one of us went last year. Maybe another visit would be in order, although people photography is not my comfort zone TBH, I just thought I'd try something different on the day.
John
John
Comment by johnwhit posted on Cheshire steam fair at 11/07/2011 - 10:42
johnriley wrote:
We've always had inconsistencies, but prior to being able to view huge magnifications on screen it hasn't really been a problem.
With film the problem was film flatness, but thankfully at least a sensor is almost certain to be at least flat. I hope....
Being able to pixel-peep at magnifications 100% and beyond shows up the slightest inconsistency as John says.We've always had inconsistencies, but prior to being able to view huge magnifications on screen it hasn't really been a problem.
With film the problem was film flatness, but thankfully at least a sensor is almost certain to be at least flat. I hope....
I noticed in the days when I was still using film that Sigma lenses needed slighty greater torque when mounting them on the MX, the lens mount was probably slightly thicker or not made to the tolerance of a genuine Pentax lens, I've not noticed this with later Sigma lenses though.
John
Comment by johnwhit posted on Is my 40mm backfocusing at 11/07/2011 - 09:08
Your daughter obviously has an eye for composition, colour and texture, a budding talent IMHO
Regards,
John