its uploading 1 mb in 20 seconds... total of 130 mb!!

Im on cable!!! virgin media with supposedly 20mb.... no comment...

I'm trying skydrive right now... it will take ages to upload...

Dan, where can i upload in full size?

Hello Everybody

RIght, here is a difficult one. I have been considering some of my lenses, and I don't want to bias your comments by saying what I have shot with in this series. I kindly ask you don't look at the exif, in order not to compromise your judgment.

Below are test shots taken with 2 lenses, at f2.8 , f4, f5.6, f8, f11, f16, f22. All photos feature lens 1 on the left, and lens 2 on the right. THese are the other details.
Pentax K7
Av
Spot metering
Single frame
SR off / on tripod
ISO 100
ALl photos are shot in Jpeg, and straight off camera without any processing (in order not to compromise anything with photoshop or ACR raw)

What I would like from you, is a thorough examination of the photographs, and your thoughs regarding the differences of the two in each one of the apertures.

(I can't get the files to upload on photobucket without compression.THey are jpegs saved for web, 20mb each, but once uploaded, this is the result...)

f2.8

[IMG]http://i517.photobucket.com/albums/u332/nathanever82/28.jpg[/IMG]


f4

[IMG]http://i517.photobucket.com/albums/u332/nathanever82/40.jpg[/IMG]

f5.6

[IMG]http://i517.photobucket.com/albums/u332/nathanever82/56.jpg[/IMG]

f8

[IMG]http://i517.photobucket.com/albums/u332/nathanever82/8.jpg[/IMG]

f11

[IMG]http://i517.photobucket.com/albums/u332/nathanever82/11.jpg[/IMG]

f16

[IMG]http://i517.photobucket.com/albums/u332/nathanever82/16.jpg[/IMG]

f22

[IMG]http://i517.photobucket.com/albums/u332/nathanever82/22.jpg[/IMG]

the flash is going to be £540... (or at least thats what they told me last time I called to renew the prices on my insurance policy....)

Coming from various K10's I found that the K20 was a great camera, but really not very different from its predecessor. Yes more pixels, and better high ISO performance, but not by much. Surely it doesn't feel different at all, IMO.

The K-7 is in another league altogether. Completely different type of camera, and huge improvement in performance, speed, handling, features...

good luck!

Hi MIke,

I find the conversion a bit flat, not really contrasty enough, and not particulary significative.

But what hurts the most is the fact that the original in colour is such a gorgeous picture, that I would never consider desaturating. Why don't you work just a little bit on the colour version, it will give you a much more pleasent result.

Good stuff

hello!

does the Kenko 1.5 converter work with the DA* SDM's ? like the 50-135 ???

WHat about the pentax teleconverter?

BTW - i've also stopped considering other lenses, but that's because I just bought a K7!!!!!!!

I would be one of the youngest here being only 26...

... but i'm married too, and that makes me very very old.
(As the teens I work with tell me every day...)